Kangaroos | Bush Heritage Australia
WEBKangaroos are the world’s largest marsupials. A Red Kangaroo can weigh 90kg and can grow two metres tall. Black Wallaroos, at around 20kg, are the smallest species. Kangaroos are famous for hopping and can reach speeds of 60kph, clearing more than 8m in a single bound! All kangaroos have short hair, powerful hind legs, small forelimbs, big ...
Thorny Devils - Bush Heritage Australia
WEBThorny Devils. Scientific name: Moloch horridus. Day-active, ant-eating reptiles that grow 20cm long and can live 20 years. Also known as Mountain Devils, Thorny Lizards or Molochs. The Thorny Devil is marred with a wicked common name, and its Latin species name horridus doesn’t seem much better. It’s actually a harmless, slow-moving ant ...
Goannas (Monitor Lizards) | Bush Heritage Australia
WEBGoannas are surprisingly good climbers. In fact, Lace Monitors are known as Tree Goannas and are thought to eat more bird eggs than other goanna species. While they may appear slow, goannas are fast runners and will sprint short distances on their hind legs – often to the safety of water or a tree. The Sand Monitor is sometimes called Gould ...
Bandicoots | Bush Heritage Australia
WEBBandicoots are solitary, terrestrial (non-climbing) and nocturnal marsupials. They’re highly active and have a running style described as a ‘gallop’! Bandicoots forage at night using their sensitive noses to smell out food. They then use their long, curved toes to dig out the underground fare. They’re opportunistic omnivores, eating ...
Grass trees | Bush Heritage Australia
WEBPhoto Wayne Lawler. Grass trees epitomise the Australian bush: they’re beautiful, ancient, hardy, thrive in nutrient-poor soils and respond to wildfire by flowering profusely. Grass trees are iconic plants, recognisable even to budding botanists. All 66 species are only found in Australia. They're all perennial, flowering plants.
Healthy Country Protected Forever | Bush Heritage Australia
WEBBush Heritage set to tackle single greatest driver of mammal extinctions with AI. Bush Heritage has secured a highly competitive $1.6 million Game Changer Federal Government grant to work with eVorta and Timberscope to develop innovative methods for controlling feral cat populations across Australia. Bush Heritage Australia is a leading not-for ...
Koalas - Bush Heritage Australia
WEBKoalas are possibly our most iconic native animals; instantly recognisable worldwide as a symbol of Australia and found nowhere else. Sadly, their dramatic and continuing decline is perhaps just as symbolic. Perched high in gum trees, with their stocky, tailless body, large heads and fluffy ears, Koalas live almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves ...
Budgerigars | Bush Heritage Australia
WEBThe Budgerigar is a colourful parrot native to Australia . Its plumage is bright yellow and green, with a blue cheek and black scalloping on its wing feathers. Its tail is slender and dark blue. Small in size, they’re roughly 18cm to 20cm from top to …
Quolls - Bush Heritage Australia
WEBQuolls are actually tree-climbing, den-dwelling marsupials. We have four species of quoll in Australia: Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) Western Quoll (Dasyurus geoffroii) Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) Northern Quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus). Growing up to 125cm (including a long tail) and 5kg, the Spotted-tail Quoll (or Tiger Quoll ...
Bilbies | Bush Heritage Australia
WEBBilbies are generalist animals and were once found across 70% of Australia.Today they’re restricted to around 15% – the Tanami Desert of the Northern Territory, the Gibson, Little and Great Sandy Deserts, the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, and the Mitchell Grasslands of southwest Queensland.. Bilbies use their strong forelimbs and claws to build extensive tunnels ...
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