by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Mammals (Class: Mammalia) Around 386 species of mammal are found in Australia, around 7% of the world’s total, however 87% of these species are endemic to Australia and 20% of them are considered threatened. The name mammalia was coined by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, from...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Marsupials (Infraclass: marsupialia or metatheria) Over 330 species of marsupials exist today. Around two-thirds of these occur in Australia, and the remainder live mainly in South America Australian marsupials consist of the carnivorous and...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Monarch Flycatchers (Family Monarchidae) Of the 13 species in Australia only the Pied Monarch Arses kaupi and the White-eared Monarch Carterornis leucotis are endemic, although both the Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca and Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Monotremes (Order: Monotremata) Monotremes are peculiar among the mammals. They have all of the mammal characteristics: are warm-blooded, have hair and they produce milk to suckle their young but, unlike any other mammal, they lay soft-shelled eggs from which their...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Mud-nesters (Family Corcoracidae) The only two species of this family are endemic to Australia, the White-winged Chough Corcorax melanorhamphos and the Apostlebird Strithidea cinerea. Both species use wet mud in the construction of their nests. White-winged Chough...
