Where is the greater bilby found?

Answer 1

Greater bilbies (small marsupials sometimes known as rabbit-eared bandicoots) are 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.

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 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.

Prior to European settlement, bilbies were across about two-thirds of Australia, but being highly vulnerable to habitat loss and competition with introduced animals, it has not survived in those areas.

The link below gives a map showing the current known distribution of the bilby.

Answer 2

There is no species known as the "Eastern bilby". There is only the Greater Bilby. One of the areas where the Greater bilby is found in the east is in southwest Queensland, in a semi-arid corner of the state.

Answer 3

A bilby is a small, large-eared marsupial that lives in semi-arid areas of the Australian outback. Originally, it was found over most of Australia, including coastal areas, but European settlement, agricultural practices and land-clearing, along with predation by introduced species, forced the bilby to retreat to the deserts to survive.