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Kangaroos are marsupials too. Their babies develop inside their mother's pouch. About half of Australia's 230 mammal species are marsupials. As well as meateating Tasmanian devils, possums, bandicoots and ofcourse kangaroos, wombats and koalas. The largest meateating marsupial Tasmanian Tiger is probably extinct. Most of Australian native animals move around at night. But the birds which are very colourful are easy to see. There are about 750 species ofbirds in Australia. Two types of crocodiles, the saltwater crocodile and the freshwater crocodile can be found in the north. The dingo or the native dog is not really an Australian native. It has brought from Asia around 3500 years ago. The dingo is an efficient sheep hunter. To protect sheep the dog fence was built in 1964. Climate Australia is the driest continent in the world except Antarctica. It has very low average rainfalls