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
Swamp Wallaby Scientific Name: Wallabia bicolor Size: TL 1,105–1,710mm, including tail 640–862mm What does it look like? The Swamp Wallaby is dark reddish-brown to black above, with pale yellowish-brown cheek-stripe (more prominent in northern individuals), and pale...
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 | Monday, October 19, 2020
Spinifex Hopping-mouse Scientific Name: Notomys alexis Size: Total Length 215–260 mm, including tail 120–150 mm What does it look like? The Spinifex Hopping-mouse is pale brown above, washed with reddish-orange, with black guard hairs, and greyish face and snout....
