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There are many animals that live in Victoria. They include:

  • koala
  • numerous species of kangaroo, including wallaroo, potoroo, pademelon, rufous rat-kangaroo and wallaby
  • common wombat
  • possums including the endangered Leabeater's possum
  • sugar gliders
  • potoroo
  • bandicoot
  • quoll
  • bettong
  • native hopping mouse
  • many species of native bats
  • bush rats and native hopping mice (rodents, not marsupials), of which there are several species.
  • dingoes (not truly native, not having originated here: they came with the Aborigines thousands of years ago, and for this reason are not necessarily considered to be truly native.)
  • Monotremes (egg laying mammals) which include the platypus and the short-beaked echidna.
  • emu
  • kookaburra
  • budgerigar
  • magpie
  • lyrebird
  • brush turkey
  • friar bird
  • little penguin
  • many varieties of lorikeets, rosellas and parrots, including the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Gang-Gang Cockatoo, corella, mulga parrot and the Galah
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle
  • Blue-tongue Lizard
  • Frill-necked lizard
  • goanna
  • native geckos
  • Various venomous snakes, such as the Red Bellied Black, Copperhead, Eastern Tiger and Eastern Brown.
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