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... smaller relatives , the native cats . Although tiger cats relish birds they also kill and eat small wallabies and other marsupials . Rodents are also attacked . Over the rest of Australia are a number of species of native cats . All ...
... smaller relatives , the native cats . Although tiger cats relish birds they also kill and eat small wallabies and other marsupials . Rodents are also attacked . Over the rest of Australia are a number of species of native cats . All ...
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... smaller insect - eating bats . There are variations in both groups and some of the fruit bats or blossom bats are smaller than the flesh - eaters , but the division is useful . There are over fifty kinds of bats found in Aus- tralia ...
... smaller insect - eating bats . There are variations in both groups and some of the fruit bats or blossom bats are smaller than the flesh - eaters , but the division is useful . There are over fifty kinds of bats found in Aus- tralia ...
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... smaller species , the little crow , so the raven group has a smaller species , the little raven . So far , breeding areas of this new bird are found mainly in the Riverina area of New South Wales , extending as far north as Condobolin ...
... smaller species , the little crow , so the raven group has a smaller species , the little raven . So far , breeding areas of this new bird are found mainly in the Riverina area of New South Wales , extending as far north as Condobolin ...
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Aborigines animals areas baby bandicoots Bass Strait bats beak best known birds blue body breeding brown burrows called captivity chicks coast colour common name creature crocodiles crow David Fleay dingo dolphins dragon eaten echidna egg-laying eggs feathers feed feet female freshwater frogs geckoes giant glider goannas grass grey ground hatch head hollow honey-eaters huge hunting inches insects islands joey kangaroo killed kinds koala land legless lizards legs live lyrebirds magpie male mammals marsupials miles mother move native naturalist nest noisy scrub-bird normal northern numbat pattern perhaps plants platypus poisonous possum pouch prey python Queensland rats reptiles ring-tail rock scientists scrub-bird seals Silver-eyes skin skinks smaller snake South Australia South Wales southern species swallowed tadpoles tail Tasmania Tasmanian tiger teeth tiger toes tortoises tree turtle victim Victoria wallabies Western Australia whale wings wombats young youngsters