How Many Unique Animals Are In Australia

Steve had a close encounter with one of our apex predators the saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus while filming in the Northern TerritoryHe was measuring the bite of one crocodile which has the most powerful bite of any species when it bit the pole Steve was attached tothrowing him back and forth and making off with expensive equipment.

How many unique animals are in australia. W is for wombat and they all live in a faraway place near the bottom of the earth. Western Australia is home to. Some of our Australian animals are very well known like kangaroos dingos wallabies and wombats and of course the koala platypus and echidna.

But there is still so much we dont know about Australias native animals. There are frogs turtles snakes lizards and last but not least saltwater and freshwater crocodiles. A baby echidna is adorably known as a puggle.

In the varied group of reptiles youll find a huge number of unique Australian animals. Australias other monotreme the quirky and shy platypus lives in the rivers lakes and creeks of eastern Australia. Most of us first learn about a place called Australia through its wonderful animals.

The animals of australia are unique and fascinating. Beyond that some reports show 70 percent of the birds and nearly 90 percent of reptiles are also endemic to the country according to Tom Stalf president and CEO of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Lizards There are over 700 species unique to Australia alone.

Australia hosts another unique animal group the monotremes which are egg-laying mammals often referred to as living fossils. Australias big 5 native animals. Of the 828 bird species listed in Australia.

Of its flora and fauna 84 of its mammals 45 of its birds 93 of its reptiles and 90 of its fish are endemic. The most distinctive is the platypus a riverdwelling animal with a duck-like bill a furry body and webbed feet. 141 of Australias 207 mammal species 25 unique to the state.