by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Koala Scientific Name: Phascolarctos cinereus Size: 680-820 mm TL (size decreases south to north) What does it look like? The Koala is a stocky, arboreal marsupial, with thick greyish fur (shorter and paler in north, and longer and more brownish in south). Ears round...
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 | 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, October 20, 2020
Red Kangaroo Scientific Name: Osphranter rufus Size: Total Length 1,645–2,400mm (including tail 645–1,000mm) What does it look like? The Red Kangaroo is the largest marsupial. Adult males are reddish-brown above, and females appear blue-grey, with a squarish snout,...
