1. Native Australian Animals

2. Platypus Found in Eastern Australia
Lives on the edges of rivers and fresh water lakes
Very shy animal
Great swimmers
Has a bill that looks like a ducks bill
Eats shrimps and worms

3. Kangaroo Marsupials Herbivores: Eats a variety of plants
Strong back legs and long feet
Baby Kangaroos are called joeys
Kangaroos jump very high

4. Koala Mammal: Feeds their young milk
Koalas are mostly grey with white ears
Mainly eats eucalypt leaves
Can be found in South Eastern Australia

5. Possum Marsupial Normally found in bushland and rainforests
Lives in logs and hollow tress
Hunts for food at night (Nocturnal)
Eats anything it can find such as leaves and fruits

6. Tasmania Devil Carnivore: Eats meat
Mammal: Has its babies in its pouch
Nocturnal: Spends the day sleeping and hunts at night
Fount in Tasmania
Very powerful jaws
Shy animal

7. Frilled Neck / Blue Tongue Lizard
Has a frilled neck that is normally closed but will open when frightened
Eats insects such as ants and cicadas
Blue Tongue:
Dark blue tongue
Very thick body
Moves slowly

8. Dingo Mammal Carnivores: Eats meat and hunts mainly at night
Hunts alone or in pairs
Has a bushy tail
Dingos don’t bark, they hail

9. Wombat Herbivore Has long claws which are used for digging
Lives in burrows
Comes out of borrow at night to eat grass and plants (Shrubs, roots and bark)

10. Echidna The Echidna is a mammal (Lays eggs and produces milk).
Also know as the spiny anteaters.
Covered with sharp spines.
Found all over Australia.
Long snout and long sticky tongue
Eats ants and termites