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Some Australian sea animals are:

  • Dugong
  • Longman's beaked whale
  • Southern Bottlenose whale
  • Amoux's beaked whale
  • Gray's beaked whale
  • Goose-beaked whale
  • Shepherd's beaked whale
  • Pygmy whale
  • Dwarf minke whale
  • Humpback whale
  • Southern right whale
  • Bottlenose dolphin
  • Killer whale
  • Spinner dolphin
  • Short-beaked common dolphin
  • Leafy Sea-agon
  • Weedy sea-dragon
  • Australian snub fin dolphin
  • Weddell seal
  • Ross seal
  • Australian sea-lion
  • Leopard seal
  • Australian fur-seal
  • New Zealand fur-seal
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Sea animals native to Australia (but not necessarily found exclusively in Australian waters) include:

  • dugong
  • dolphins - various species
  • whales - various species such as Southern Right whale, Humpback and Minke
  • seals - various species such as the Australian Fur seal, Leopard seal, Weddells seal
  • Australian sea lion
In addition, there are many species of sea turtles, sea snakes, seabirds and fish all native to Australia.
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Australia has many aquatic and semi-aquatic animals which live either near the freshwater creeks and rivers, or in the seas and oceans.

  • Semi-aquatic mammals include platypuses and native water-rats.
  • Marine mammals include dolphins, seals dugong and humpback whales.
  • Reptiles include the Estuarine crocodile and the freshwater crocodile, as well as various species of turtles.
  • Birds include Little Penguins, pelicans, ibises, moorhens, swamp hens, ducks, Black swans, egrets, shags, spoonbills, seagulls and other shorebird.
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