Desert Animals List Australia
Other birds such as Kookaburras are the worlds largest kingfishers.
Desert animals list australia. List of animals that live in the desert biome Sahara Desert Africa. Species that had thrived on the Australian landscape for hundreds of thousands even millions of years have tragically disappeared in just a few decades. Animals found in the great victoria desert.
11490 sq mi 8 03 Tirari Desert. South Australia 15250 km 2. Of all deserts worldwide Australias have the richest diversity of lizard fauna.
These animals include rock wallabies parrots snakes camels and bilbies. Camels are able to store large amounts of water so they can go without drinking water for long periods. But the coolest reptile and one of the most extraordinary desert animals in Australia is the Thorny Devil.
Because of the sheer size of our arid regions knowledge of the deserts fauna continually shifts as new species are discovered. Aside from an intimidating array of conical spikes that cover the top half of its body the Thorny Devil is endowed with a false head on the back of its neck. Some of the large Australian desert animals are Red kangaroos Macropus rufus dingos Canis lupus dingo and feral camels Camelus sp.
The donkey is a domesticated form of the African wild ass. Western Australia 111500 km 2. The ant is a social insect.
Mammals such as the fennec fox meerkat dromedary and Bactrian camel. With habitats ranging from desert to coral reef via tropical and temperate rainforests rivers and grasslands Australia is home to many of the worlds most recognisable animals including kangaroos koalas emus platypuses wombats and goannas. The population of rock wallabies is coming close to becoming extinct.