2. Animals of Australia

3. Australia
The Continent of Australia is surrounded by ocean. Animals that are not found anywhere else in the world live in its grassy plains, deserts, rain forests and sunny woodlands.

4. Many of the animals are mammals known as marsupials
Many of the animals are mammals known as marsupials. Female marsupials have pouches where they carry their young.

5. Some of the marsupials that live out on the grasslands are the kangaroo and the wallaby.

6. Other marsupials live in trees such as the striped possum, tree kangaroo and koala.

7. On the desert you will see many lizards
On the desert you will see many lizards. The perentie is about as long as a man and eats small mammals, birds and lizards

8. The skink has a blue tongue. The thorny devil only eats ants
The skink has a blue tongue. The thorny devil only eats ants. There are also many different geckos in Australia.

9. The echidna eats termites and is covered with long, sharp spines
The echidna eats termites and is covered with long, sharp spines. This animal is a mammal that lays eggs- a monotreme.

10. The other monotreme is the platypus, which is covered with fur and has webbed feet like a duck and a tail like a beaver.

11. In the rivers you may also see the long-necked turtle and the lungfish swimming around.

12. One of the most dangerous reptiles in Australia is the salt water crocodile.

13. The rain forest is full of animals
The rain forest is full of animals. On high branches bats called flying foxes rest upside down.

14. At dawn, flocks of rainbow lorikeets fill the treetops.

15. Wombats hide in burrows in the woodlands.

16. Other interesting mammals are the bilby, bandicoot, kowari, numbat, quoll and Tasmanian Devil.

17. A dingo is a wild animal similar to our coyote.

18. Some birds you may see in Australia include the cassowary, cockatoo, brolga, and the magpie.

19. The male bower bird builds a bower with sticks to please the female and brings her blue objects- his favorite color.

20. The Kookaburra seems to laugh while sitting in the gum tree forest.

21. The emu is the largest bird in Australia.

22. Koalas are among Australia’s most loved animals
Koalas are among Australia’s most loved animals. From marsupials to monotremes, Australia has many strange and wonderful animals.