The Greater bilby is found in southwest Queensland, in a semi-arid corner of the state. A small colony is kept in protective captivity near Charleville.
* koalas * kangaroos * wallabies * bilbies (in one small area of the far west) * bandicoots * possums * gliders * antechinus * quolls * phascogales
Yes, there are maps available showing the distribution of bilbies in Australia. Bilbies are primarily found in arid and semi-arid regions of central and western Australia. They are known to inhabit various habitats such as deserts, grasslands, and woodlands. Conservation efforts are underway to protect and preserve the remaining populations of bilbies in their natural habitat.
Bilbies used to be found over about 70% of the Australian continent, but European settlement has forced them inland to just the dry, arid areas. Bilbies are now critically endangered, and can only be found in isolated areas of far western Queensland and the Northern Territory, and areas of the Great Sandy Desert, Pilbara and Kimberley areas of Western Australia. In Queensland, they may be seen in a protected area near Charleville, in the west. The weather in these areas is hot and dry during the day, tending to very cold at night in winter time. Bilbies live in burrows in hot, dry grasslands and semi-arid spinifex areas. The burrow entrance is often positioned against a termite mound or small shrub, and a single bilby may have up to a dozen burrows that it uses either for shelter from the heat during the day, or as a quick escape route from predators. Amazingly adaptable for their size and the threats to them, bilbies can live in sandstone ridges, gibber plains, rocky soils with little ground cover, a variety of grasslands, and acacia scrub.
Yes. Kingfishers are found in Queensland.
Bilbies do not live in the rainforest. They are native to the Australian outback. The bilby eats insects, grubs, other tiny animals, seeds, fruit, and fungi. Prior to European settlement, the bilby's habitat extended right to the coast, and was not restricted to the dry outback and grasslands of western Queensland. Living in 70% of the mainland, it could be found in grasslands, bushlands and forests, but never the rainforest.
Bilbies do not migrate.
No. Bilbies are not aggressive.
No. Australia's most endangered animal is the Gilbert's potoroo.
Yes Bilbies do have pouches.
Bilbies do not hibernate. Only one or two species of Australian marsupials hibernate, and these are only those found in alpine areas. Bilbies live in desert araes, not the mountains.
Baby bilbies are known as joeys.
Bilbies are marsupials. Rabbits are not.