by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Peramelemorphs (Order: Peramelemorphia) Bandicoots are timid, nocturnal ground-dwellers, and only 9 species remain today, with the Desert Bandicoot Perameles eremiana the only extinct member. They are often confused with rodents, but are marsupials with backward...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Bats (Order: Chiroptera) Bats are the largest assemblage of mammals in Australia, with 77 species currently recognised today, and a further 3 species listed as extinct. The group comprises the large, often noisy, fruit-bats (or flying-foxes), Ghost Bat, horseshoe...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Bettongs and Potoroos (Family: Potoroidae) In most respects, the potoroids are similar to their close relatives, the kangaroos and wallabies, but are much smaller. The teeth pattern of the potoroids is simpler, with longer upper incisors, larger canines, and four...
by Peter Rowland | Thursday, November 5, 2020
Carnivores (Order: Carnivora) Carnivora is an order of placental mammals, characterised by their adaptation to feed primarily on flesh. Some members, such as bears, are omnivorous, while others eat no flesh at all and are specialized herbivores, the most notable being...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Dasyurids (Family: Dasyuridae) Dasyurids are insectivorous and carnivorous marsupials, that are characterised by teeth that are made for biting and cutting, with 7 pairs of incisors (4 pairs in the upper jaw and 3 pairs in the lower jaw), 4 pairs of well-developed...
