Download ANIMAL`S NAME SPECIES (KIND OF ANIMAL) SIZE DIET HABITAT

ANIMAL’S NAME
1. Red kangaroo
SPECIES (KIND
OF ANIMAL)
marsupial
SIZE
2.4 m tall
DIET
Grass and leaves
HABITAT
CAN/CAN’T DO
OTHERS
inland Australia
-
Jump /hop
- they concentrate
(shrub lands,
-
travel at 65
their urine to
kph
conserve water
grasslands and
and thus can
desert)
tolerate severe
dehydration. They
regulate their body
temperature
largely by panting
and licking their
forearms
2. Grey koala
marsupial
70-80 cm
5-15 kilos
(Southern koalas
1 kg of leaves of
- lives on
eucalyptus a
eucalyptus trees
is an Aborigine
day
(on Australia’s
word meaning “no
East Coast)
drink”
are bigger and
3. Crocodile
Reptile
heavier than
- sleeps for 18
Northern ones)
hours a day
5/6 m long
- climb trees
meat (small
- some live in
- can swallow their
mammals, birds,
fresh water, others
food without chewing
domestic livestock)
in salt water
it
- in the North of
Australia
- the name “koala”
4. Echidna
(also called spiny anteater)
Egg-laying
35-45 cm long
Ants and termites
mammal
All over Australia,
- its babies are
from highlands to
born from eggs,
deserts (also
but drink milk
woods, caves,
- baby echidnas
rocks, bushes)
are called puggles
- echidnas don’t
have teeth, so
they crush insects
with the pads in
their mouth
- has a pointy
snout and a long
sticky tongue
5. Platypus
Egg-laying
Body: 30-45 cm;
Insect larvae,
only in eastern
- dive and swim in the
It’s got a wide,
mammal
tail: 10-15 cm
shrimp and
Australia; they live
water
flat tail.
long
worms
on the edges of
- maximum
weight of 1 to
2.4 kg
rivers and
freshwater lakes
- the feet are
webbed.
where burrows can
- the platypus has
be dug.
three layers of fur:
1. an inside layer
to trap air and
keep the animal
warm 2. a middle
layer which works
like a wet suit 3.
an outer layer to
feel if it is close to
objects
- is known to live
for at least 12
years in the wild
6. Emu
bird
up to 2 metres
Grass, flowers,
from woods to
- can run up to 50 kph
It’s the 2nd
tall and 1 to 1.3
seeds, insects;
scrubland (land
(running with a
largest bird after
metres wide;
drink once or twice
with small bushes
bouncy, swaying
the ostrich.
weighs 30-45 kg
a day
and trees) to
motion)
grassland to desert
7. Kookaburra
bird
The size of a full-
Ground-living
In open forests
grown
insects, mice,
(from Queensland
kookaburra is 46
lizards, snakes
to Tasmania)
18 cm long and
grass seeds or dry
Drier parts of
30-40 grams in
seeds (if they are
Australia
weight
captive)
The size of a
Earthworms,
rooster, but with
insects, spiders
-emus are
generally nomadic
cm.
8. Budgerigar (=budgie or
bird
parakeet)
9. Lyrebird
bird
feathers
- On the ground
- in damp forests
- East coast of
Australia and
It makes a
colourful pet.
- can imitate noises
- have beautiful
and sounds really
long tails
well
- The Lyrebirds
name comes from
the shape of the
males tail when
Tasmania
displayed which
looks like a Lyre
(musical harp type
instrument) The
outer two bigger
white and brown
feathers appear
like the frame and
the inner thinner
feathers are the
strings
10. Kiwi
bird
About the size of
a domestic
chicken
Leaves, berries,
seeds, worms,
spiders, insects,
fresh water
crayfish, frogs and
grubs (young
insect without
wings or legs, like
a small worm).
In New Zealand; in
- has wings, but
New Zealanders
grasslands and
can’t fly
are often called
damp forests
- can’t see very
well, but it can
smell
kiwis after the
bird.
- they are
nocturnal
- the responsibility
of incubation
belongs to the
male
- the life span of
kiwis is around 20
to 30 years.
11. Kakapo
Bird (flightless
nocturnal
parrot)
The kakapo can
weigh from 1.5
to 3kg for males,
and 950g to
1.6kg for
females. The
kakapo averages
65cm in length.
Generally groundfeeders, they eat
fruits, seeds,
roots, stems,
leaves, nectar and
bulbs.
They are
Can’t fly, but it’s
- comes out at
endangered and
good at climbing;
night and looks
live only on
Codfish and
Anchor Islands.
It can also "parachute"
for food
- descending by
- is in danger of
leaping and spreading
extinction
its wings.
- it’s large,
heavy and green
- its name means
night parrot in
Maori
- it’s one of the
longest-living birds
12. Tuatara
Oldest type of
60 cm long
animal in the
world
Total length:
Grasshoppers,
On small islands
beetles, other
off the coast
invertebrates
- has a 3rd eye
- hibernates and
males: 60cm;
wakes up in
females: 50cm.
spring
Weight: males:
- look like iguanas
1300g; females:
and are sometimes
550g.
called “living
fossils”