What types of animals live near Uluru-Ayers Rock?

Answer 1

Uluru lies within a National park: no one lives within the National park. Whilst there used to be four small motels about a kilometre from the base of the Rock, concerns about the lack of control over tourism and the degradation to Uluru forced their closure.
Now, the closest people can live to Uluru is the tourist settlement of Yulara, about 15 km from Uluru, which has a permanent population that fluctuates between 800 and 900.The original indigenous inhabitants of this part of the continent, the Anangu people, no longer live near or at Uluru.

Answer 2

There are numerous animals found around Uluru. These include:

Mammals:

• Spinifex hopping mouse
• Rufous Hare-wallaby
• Mulgara
• Dingo
• Brush-tailed possum
• Red kangaroo

Birds:

• Crimson chat
• Galah
• Painted Furetail
• Wedge-tailed eagle
• Crested pigeon

Reptiles:

• Thorny devil
• Desert skink
• Woma python
• Perentie (goanna)
• Mulga snake

No animals actually live on Uluru. Uluru is a rock, and only in the times after rain, when the numerous pools atop Uluru can hold water, do tiny crustaceans hatch from their eggs, then reproduce to lay more eggs. These are of the species fairy or brine shrimp (Anostraca), shield or tadpole shrimp (Notostraca) and clam shrimp (Conchostraca). When the water evaporates, the eggs lie dormant until the next rains.

Answer 3

Animals that live near Uluru-Ayers Rock include red kangaroos, wallabies, dingoes, desert lizards, and numerous bird species such as wedge-tailed eagles and zebra finches. These animals have adapted to the arid desert environment of the Australian Outback.

Answer 4

thorny devils,vouchers and cactis