Mammals of Australia
week or two, others able to run on their day of
birth
Monotremes: Marsupial: Placentals:
Echidna Kangaroo Dugong
Dingoes
The Dingo is Australia's wild dog. It is
found in Australia, in all states but
Tasmania. The Dingo is a medium sized
dog, with a bushy tail, and red to yellow
coat. Dingos do not bark, but they do
howl.
Platypus Echidna
· The most distinctive · The echidna, or spiny
monotreme is the ant-eater, is another
platypus, a river-dwelling monotreme, which has a
animal with a bill like a long sticky tongue and a
duck, a furry waterproof prickly coat like a
body and webbed feet. hedgehog.
Platypuses live in
burrows which they dig
into the banks of rivers.
Koalas Wombat
· Koalas are marsupial · Wombats have very short
mammals. The name muscular legs.They feed
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