Australian fauna
Marsupials and monotremes
Australian fauna refers to the animal life native to Australia, distinguished by its high proportion of species found nowhere else—including marsupials like kangaroos, koalas, and wombats, egg-laying mammals like the platypus and echidna, and distinctive birds like the emu and kookaburra.
Australia's long geographic isolation allowed unique evolutionary paths.
The term often appears in discussions of biodiversity and conservation: Australian fauna faces ongoing threats from habitat loss and introduced predators.
- marsupialPouch-bearing mammal
- kangarooPouched Australian leaper
- kookaburraAustralian kingfisher with laughing call
- koalaTree-dwelling Australian marsupial
- barramundiLarge Australian gamefish
great white shark · quokka · taipan · funnel-web spider · redback spider · blue-ringed octopus · cassowary · Tasmanian devil · numbat · saltwater crocodile · echidna · bilby · wombat · lyrebird · wallaby · bandicoot · budgerigar · fairy penguin
Australian faunaplacental mammals
Animals with internal fetal nourishment
hoofed animals · ungulates · bears · canids · primates