Australian Endangered Species: Mammals, Birds, and ReptilesSummary: British pioneers in New Zealand jungle at the turn of the 19th century. |
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FOREWORD 79 | 7 |
HISTORY OF EXTINCTION | 25 |
Animal habitats | 43 |
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Abbott's booby Aboriginals adult animal species areas Australian animals bandicoot Bernier bridled nail-tailed wallaby bristlebird brown buff burrows central Australia Christmas Island Christmas Island frigatebird cm long coastal colour dense DESCRIPTION dingo dunnart ECOLOGY European export extinct false water rat fauna feeds female forest FORMER DISTRIBUTION golden-shouldered parrot grey habitat head and body helmeted honeyeater important insects KNOWN DISTRIBUTION land long-tailed dunnart mainland mainly male mammals Management Authority national parks nature conservation nest night parrot noisy scrub bird Norfolk Island Northern Territory numbers occurs paradise parrot Parks and Wildlife Parties plant population pouch predators present Convention programs Pseudomys Queensland range rare rat kangaroo reserves scrub bird Shark Bay shrubs silvereye South Australia South Wales species included species is protected specimens spinifex subspecies survival tail thylacine tion tralia trees vegetation Victoria Western Australia western bristlebird whale whilst wild wildlife conservation wildlife protection woodhen