How Many Unique Animals Are In Australia

Emus have a varied diet.

How many unique animals are in australia. 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. Of its flora and fauna 84 of its mammals 45 of its birds 93 of its reptiles and 90 of its fish are endemic. More than 400 reptile species more than 40 unique to the state.

Australian native animals can be unique dangerous cute and bizarre. Australias big 5 native animals. Some of our Australian animals are very well known like kangaroos dingos wallabies and wombats and of course the koala platypus and echidna.

The most distinctive is the platypus a riverdwelling animal with a duck-like bill a furry body and webbed feet. Out of 300-some terrestrial mammal species in Australia nearly 90 percent of them are found only in Australia barring captivity and human introduction elsewhere. Australias unique geographic position and centuries of isolation created ecosystems that are unique in the world.

However emus cannot fly just like an ostrich. Australia has 755 species of reptile which is more than any country in the world. 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.

Lizards There are over 700 species unique to Australia alone. But there is still so much we dont know about Australias native animals. Read why the animals found in australia are so unique It feeds mainly on ants about 2000 per meal cached with the tongue.

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