by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Quokka Scientific Name: Setonix brachyurus Size: Total Length 680–850 mm, including tail 245–310 mm What does it look like? The Quokka is uniformly brown, heavily flecked with grey and tinged with reddish-brown. Short, sparsely furred tail (about 60 per cent...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Tasmanian Devil Scientific Name: Sarcophilus harrisii Size: 815-910 mm TL, including tail 245-260 mm (males generally larger than females) What does it look and sound like? The Tasmanian Devil is unmistakable. Predominantly black, occasionally with reddish wash, with...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Stripe-faced Dunnart Scientific Name: Sminthopsis macroura Size: 155-200 mm TL, including tail 80-100 mm What does it look like? The Stripe-faced Dunnart is greyish-brown, washed with yellowish on face, with blackish longitudinal line on top of head. Underparts,...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, November 5, 2020
Rufous Bettong Scientific Name: Aepyprymnus rufescens Size: Total Length 710–780 mm, including tail 338–390 mm What does it look like? Rufous Bettong fur is long and wiry, reddish-brown above, flecked with silverish-grey, and pale greyish below. Head has triangular,...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Red-necked Pademelon Scientific Name: Thylogale theti Size: Total Length 620–1,110 mm, including tail 300–510 mm What does it look like? The Red-necked Pademelon is generally brownish above, more rufous on forehead, neck and shoulders, and flecked with grey on back,...
