BIRDS |
North Island Brown Kiwi |
Emu |
Description: flightless bird
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New Zealand
Habitat: forest, scrub, overgrown farmland
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Links: Smithsonian National Zoo
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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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Smithsonian National Zoo
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Oakland Zoo;
Enchanted Learning
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo |
Rainbow Lorikeet |
Description:
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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Oakland Zoo
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Description:
Range: Northern and eastern Australia and
islands
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Enchanted Learning
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Laughing Kookaburra |
Red-tailed Black Cockatoo |
Description:
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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Range: Australia
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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The Big
Zoo
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Tuatura |
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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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Enchanted Learning
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MAMMALS |
Dingo |
Duck-billed Platypus |
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Koala |
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby |
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Wombat |
Quoll |
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Tasmanian Devil |
Red Kangaroo |
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Gray Kangaroo |
Leadbetter's Possum
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AMPHIBIANS |
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FISH |
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Great White Shark |
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