Kangaroos and Wallabies |
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby |
Wombats |
Echidna |
Platypus |
Possums |
Sugar Gliders |
Bird Watching
Platypus
Another of Australia's most characteristic animals lives here in the
Kangaroo River and other creeks. Also a monotreme, the platypus is
a shy and elusive resident of the clear pools. It lives in burrows
made into the river banks. To see this creature you need to be up very
early, be very quiet and still and be very patient. Good luck!
These two monotremes are the world's only examples of egg-laying mammals.
Platypus are not listed as threatened but individual populations are
under pressure. |
