Saturday, March 7, 2009. The Desert Bandicoot used to live in the desert around Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. The Australian Desert Bandicoot is extinct. All living Desert Bandicoots are now dead. Only the remains are still found from time to time. The decline of populations of Desert Bandicoots can be attributed partly to predation by foxes and feral cats and partly to a change in the fire regime from frequent low intensity fires to occasional devastating wildfires. Back to Australian Desert Animals.

Friday, March 6, 2009. The Perentie or Monitor Lizard is found in the Desert regions of Australia. It is also known as a Goanna.

Saturday, March 7, 2009. The picture shows a Red Kangaroo in Melbourne zoo. This species is a very large kangaroo with short, red-brown fur, fading to pale buff below and on the limbs. It has long, pointed earlobes and a squared-off muzzle. Females are smaller than males and are blue-grey with a brown tinge, pale grey below. Arid zone females are usually coloured more like males.

Friday, March 6, 2009. The Thorny Devil is alive and well and living in Australia. It is an Australian native animal and may also be found in zoos around the world. It is one of the most unusual looking animals of the Australian desert. It is well adapted to its life in the harsh desert conditions. Its body is actually covered in small groves which lead to its mouth. In this way it aquires water easily even when there is little rainfall. It can also absorb dew drops through its skin. Well, the fact is th.

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Saturday, March 7, 2009. The Dingo is an endangered species. The true pure-bred native dingo is rare although there are many around hich have some cross-breeding in their background history. Are there cute puppies living in the desert? An elegant medium sized dog, the fully grown Australian dingo is up to 60 cm tall and weighs between 13 and 19 kg.

Sunday, March 8, 2009. It lived in the hot and dry desert of Central Australia. Apparently recent remains of C. Campestris have been found in caves of Southeastern Western Australia. Back to Australian Desert Animals. Click to enlarge individual pictures.

Saturday, March 7, 2009. The ancestors of Australian feral camels were dromedary camels imported to provide transport through inland Australia, which their feral descendants have since made their domain. While they do not appear to be as destructive as other introduced herbivores, their increasing numbers may affect native vegetation, and feral camels have become minor agricultural pests.

Saturday, March 7, 2009. Picture shows a Bearded Dragon sitting on a log in the Simpson Desert, South Australia. Australian desert animals have had to evolve some nifty adaptations to the harsh Outback environment they live in. For the Bearded Dragon this meant adapting to virtually any type of food. The Bearded Dragon is popular as an exotic pet because it feeds on a variety of foods which are available in countries other than Austral1a. It is also easy to breed in captivity. In the Northern Territory a.

Saturday, March 7, 2009. Will you see one out in the wild? No, sorry, its too late! The Pig-footed bandicoot is already extinct. Why is it extinct? The cause of the extinction remains uncertain. Neither of the two most destructive introduced species, the fox and the rabbit, had arrived in south-west Western Australia at the time that the Pig-footed Bandicoot disappeared from that area. But Feral cats were already common. This could be the explanation. It is not easy to tell what it ate as scientists gene.