FAUNA OF

AUSTRALI
A

1.Australia consists of 83% of mammals,

89% of reptiles, 24% of fish, 93% of
amphibians.
2.There are Echidnas, red kangaroo, spotted
quoll, sugar gliders, dugong & emu.
3.Australia have 31 species of insectivorous,
blind snakes and 15 pythons.
4.Echidna is the only native Australian
mammal found.
5.It is the only continent to still have all 3 of
major groups of mammals : Egg-layers,
marsupials, placental.
6.It is the only country to have kangaroo.

found in Australia.
8. Australia is the birth place of
worlds songbirds.
9.It is the only continent other than
Antarctica to have hoofed animals,
native terrestrial carnivora.
10. Whale shark visits western coast
of Australia each year, which is due
to popular tourist place at Ningaloo.
11. Red kangaroo is the largest
macropod.
12. Dingo is the first placental
mammal.
13. Blue-tongued lizard is the longest

PICTURES

RED KANGAROO

ECHIDNA

SUGAR GLIDER

PLATYPUS

SPOTTED QUOLL
KOALA

DINGO

EMU

BLUE-TONGUED
LIZARD

CANE TOAD

GREY NURSE
SHARK