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Most people in Australia have similar pets to those in the rest of the world - cats, dogs, guinea-pigs, parrots, etc. However, some notable differences are that there are no hamsters, gerbils or porcupines in Australia. Rabbits are illegal in some states and ferrets are illegal in most states. Very few Australians, on the whole, keep pet lizards.

Contrary to popular opinion, Australians do not keep their native animals as pets. It is illegal to keep sugar gliders, for example. In some of the southern states, some members of the kangaroo family may be kept, but only with a licence.

Budgies are very common (they are known as parakeets overseas, but Australians use their native name of budgerigar), and some people have sulphur-crested cockatoos and galahs, neither of which are common overseas.

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