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Australia's most common native animals are marsupials. These are the pouched mammals (some pouches are nothing more than a flap of skin) and include:
- some sixty species of kangaroo, including wallaroo, potoroo, pademelon, rufous rat-kangaroo and wallaby (note: the rat-kangaroo is quite different to the kangaroo rat of North America)
- koala
- wombat
- many Australian species of possum (not opossum) such as the Mountain Pygmy Possum and Leadbeater's Possum
- glider
- bandicoot, including the bilby
- quokka
- quoll
- Tasmanian Devil
- phascogale
- dunnart
- cuscus
- bettong
- nabarlek
- numbat
- antechinus
- false antechinus
- marsupial mole
- planigale
- kaluta
- mulgara
- kowari
- kultarr
- ningaui
There are over 80 species of bats native to Australia. Dingoes are also found only in Australia.
Monotremes (egg laying mammals) are also native to Australia. These include the platypus and the short-beaked echidna, although the short-beaked echidna is found in one small region of Papua New Guinea.
Native birds include:
- emu
- Laughing kookaburra and Blue-winged kookaburra
- Australian magpie (different from other magpies)
- lyrebird
- brush turkey
- friar bird
- bowerbird
- many varieties of lorikeets, rosellas and parrots, including the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Gang-Gang Cockatoo, corella, mulga parrot and the Galah
- Australia's most well-known native eagle is the Wedge-tailed Eagle. It is considered to be in the same "superspecies" as the Golden Eagle, but has some distinguishing characteristics (especially the shape of the tail).
There is a wide variety of native reptiles found only in Australia, such as:
- Thorny Devil
- Blue-tongue Lizard
- Frill-necked lizard
- goanna
- Australia is also home to many of the world's most venomous snakes, such as the Inland Taipan, Death Adder, Mulga or King Brown, Red Bellied Black, Black Tiger, Copperhead, Gwardar, Collett's, Fierce, Eastern Tiger and Eastern Brown.
Amphibians which live only in Australia include native frogs such as corroboree frogs and pobblebonks.
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What are the only sea turtles that live on the coast Australia?
they live in the sea because they are kewl like that..>
What species of sea turtles live only off the coast of Australia?
the ones with the eyeballs and the stuff
Where does green sea turtles live?
They Live In The Great Barrier Reef In Australia
What part of the world do sea turtles live?
The ones that I have heard of are in Australia
Is this true turtles only live in the sea?
No. Turtles live in the ocean, in fresh water, or on land.
Where do flatback turtles live?
The flatback sea turtle is a sea turtle endemic to the continental shelf of Australia.
Are leatherback turtles same as leatherback sea turtles?
Yes, they are the same, Leatherbacks only live in the sea
Do sea turtles live in the ocens?
yes sea turtles live in the ocean
What type of soil do turtles like to be in?
sandy soil (this the only soil found in the sea or ocean and turtles live in the sea or ocean
What country is the flatback Sea Turtle found in?
Flat back Sea Turtles are found and/or live in the waters around the coast of Australia.
Do marine turtles live in sea or in oceans?
marine turtles live in oceans.
Do sea turtles live in fresh or salt water?
Salt only.
