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 | 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...
