Animals in Eco-systems

AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

BIRDS

North Island Brown Kiwi

Emu

Description: flightless bird

Range: New Zealand

Habitat: forest, scrub, overgrown farmland

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Description: 5-6 feet tall. Largest bird in Australia. Flightless. Growing population.

Range: Australia

Habitat: plains, scrub, open woodland, coastal heath, alpine pastures, semi-desert

Diet: Fruits, flowers, insects, seeds and green vegetation; love caterpillars. Daily water supply necessary.

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Oakland Zoo; Enchanted Learning

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Rainbow Lorikeet

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Range: Northern and eastern Australia,  Tasmania, New Guinea, and Aru Islands,

Habitat: Found in forests and savannas. Often forages around farmlands.

Diet: Berries, seeds, nuts, roots, insects, larvae, flowers, and leaves

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Range: Northern and eastern Australia and   islands

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Enchanted Learning

Laughing Kookaburra

Red-tailed Black Cockatoo

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Range: lowlands of southeastern Australia

Habitat: open woodland, forest, farmlands, orchards, towns

Diet: It feeds primarily on snakes, large lizards, worms, snails, insects, fresh water crayfish, frogs, small birds and rodents.

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Smithsonian National Zoo

WhoZoo: Kookaburra

Description: Large, black-crested cockatoo

Range: Northern, western and eastern Australia

Habitat: Eucalyptus trees

Diet: Seeds from eucalyptus trees

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REPTILES

Thorny Devil

Frilled Lizard

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Habitat: Desert

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Range: Australia; Papua New Guinea

Habitat: Temperate Rainforest

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Western Brown Snake

 

Saltwater Crocodile

Description: Length - up to 1.5 m (5 feet)

Range: Australia

Habitat: Desert and other hot regions of Australia

Diet: carnivorous; small animals

Reproduction: Lays 20-40 eggs per clutch

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Description: The largest living reptile. Adult males may reach 23 feet. Females reach 10 feet. Can travel a great distance over open sea.

Range: Between northern Australia and the southern coast of India

Habitat: Coastal waters

Diet: These carnivorous crocs will eat anything. The bigger they are, the bigger the animals they eat.

Reproduction: Lay eggs in freshwater.

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Links: The Big Zoo

Tuatura

Description: not a lizard; ancient reptile related to animals that are all now extinct.

Range: Lives only on islands off the coast of New Zealand

Habitat: Chaparral; scrub forest

Diet: Carnivore

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MAMMALS

Dingo

Duck-billed Platypus
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Koala

Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
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Tasmanian Devil

Red Kangaroo

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Gray Kangaroo

Leadbetter's Possum

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FISH

 

 

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