How Many Unique Animals Are In Australia

Australia hosts another unique animal group the monotremes which are egg-laying mammals often referred to as living fossils.

How many unique animals are in australia. Australias unique geographic position and centuries of isolation created ecosystems that are unique in the world. The most distinctive is the platypus a riverdwelling animal with a duck-like bill a furry body and webbed feet. Here we explore weird and wonderful facts about 10 of them.

The emu is the tallest bird in Australia. Australia has 755 species of reptile which is more than any country in the world. The south-west of Western Australia is known as one of the worlds 34 biodiversity hotspots with some of the richest and most unique reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth.

Lizards There are over 700 species unique to Australia alone. Most of us first learn about a place called Australia through its wonderful animals. Only later do you get to hear about the Aborigines and the British settlers who were actually convicts.

Read why the animals found in australia are so unique It feeds mainly on ants about 2000 per meal cached with the tongue. Emus have a varied diet. W is for wombat and they all live in a faraway place near the bottom of the earth.

Beyond that some reports show 70 percent of the birds and nearly 90 percent of reptiles are also endemic to the country according to Tom Stalf president and CEO of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. More than 400 reptile species more than 40 unique to the state. The animals of australia are unique and fascinating.

Australias other monotreme the quirky and shy platypus lives in the rivers lakes and creeks of eastern Australia. Steve had a close encounter with one of our apex predators the saltwater crocodile Crocodylus porosus while filming in the Northern TerritoryHe was measuring the bite of one crocodile which has the most powerful bite of any species when it bit the pole Steve was attached tothrowing him back and forth and making off with expensive equipment. Yep here we come to the dangerous Australian wildlife of the Outback and the dangerous species that inhabit the coastal areas of the tropical north.