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Rare Australian animals include: Bandicoots, Bilbies, Dingoes, Dugong, Echidnas, Gilders, Potoroos, Quokkas, Quolls, and Tasmanian Devils.
The above is incorrect. The only animals in the list above which have very low populations and are therefore rare are bilbies and quokkas.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoAustralia's rarest animals is Gilbert's Potoroo(Potorous gilbertii). It is a small member of the kangaroo family, specifically a rat-kangaroo (which is different to the kangaroo-rat of North America). Listed as critically endangered on several Australian and world listings, there are believed to be only about 30 to 40 individuals remaining in the wild.
They are found only in a small area in Australia's far southwestern corner.
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∙ 13y agoThere are many endangered animals in Australia. Some of these are:
- Greater bilby
- Gilbert's potoroo (believed to be Australia's most ciritically endangered mammal)
- Mahogany glider
- Leadbeater's possum
- Brush-tailed rock wallaby
- Black-striped wallaby
- Tasmanian devil
- Northern Hairy-nosed wombat
And no, koalas are not endangered.
A more definitive list can be found at the related link below.
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∙ 11y agoAll of the following animals are native to Australia alone, although in some cases they have been introduced to other countries.
- 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) This includes two species of tree kangaroo. (Other species of tree kangaroo are found in New Guinea)
- koala
- wombat
- some species of possum (not opossum) such as Mountain Pygmy possum
- gliders such as the Mahogany glider, Squirrel glider, Feathertail glider, Greater glider
- potoroo
- bandicoot, including the bilby
- quokka
- quoll
- Tasmanian Devil
- phascogale
- dunnart
- bettong
- nabarlek
- numbat
- antechinus
- native hopping mouse
- platypus
- emu
- budgerigar
- corella
- cockatiel
- red-tailed black cockatoo
- gang-gang cockatoo
- rainbow lorikeet
- crimson rosella
- galah
- lyrebird
- mulga parrot
- Bourke's parrot
- Thorny Devil
- Blue-tongue Lizard
- Frill-necked lizard
See also the related question.
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∙ 12y agoThe rarest and most endangered mammal in Australia is Gilbert's Potoroo.
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