Wildlife in Australia

Kangaroo

Kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae. In common use the terms is used to describe the largest species from this family. Kangaroos are endemic to Australia. The smaller macropods are found in Australia and New Guinea. 

Kangaroos have large, powerful hind legs, large feet adapted for leaping, a long muscular tail for balance, and a small head. 

 

Koala 

Koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae. It is classified in the suborder Vombatiformes within the order Diprotodontia, and its closest living relatives are wombats. Koala is found in coastal areas of the mainland's eastern and southern regions, inhabiting Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. 

Kookaburras

Kookaburras are terrestrial tree kingfishers native to Australia and New Guinea. The single member of the genus Clytoceyx, though commonly referred to as the Shovel-billed Kookaburra. 

Dingo 

Dingo is a free-roaming dog found mainly in Australia, as well as southeast Asia, where it is said to have its origins, it its currently classified as a subspecies of the gray wolf.

A dingo's habitat ranges from the deserts of the grassland and the edges of forests. Dingoes will normally make their dens in deserted rabbit holes and hollow logs not too far from an essential supply of water.