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Land Mammals & Marsupials

The heart of Australia's ecological identity is the marsupial.

A number of conditions have contributed to Australia being blessed with some of the most intriguing land mammals within the animal kingdom. The continent has experienced over 50 million years of geographic isolation, tectonic stability and was largely shielded from the effects of dramatic global climate change as it drifted away from other major land masses. Under these circumstances, the unique fauna that originated in Gondwana, adapted and established successful populations that other parts of the world could not sustain. About 84 per cent of Australia’s mammals occur nowhere else.

There is no greater illustration of this evolutionary process than Australia's collection of marsupials. Over half of Australia’s land mammals are marsupials, which give birth to their young and then carry them in a pouch until the infant is old enough to survive on its own. Of even more biological interest, are Australia’s two monotremes (Echidna and Platypus) as they are the only mammals that lay eggs and suckle their young. Although most of us associate Australia with a handful of land mammals, in reality the offering is exponentially richer with over 270 species found across the three mammal sub-classes of monotremes, marsupials and placentals.

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Months

  • Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat

    January,February,December, Eyre Peninsula

    Eyre Peninsula - Summer Sightings for Land Mammals & Marsupials

    Marsupials

    Kangaroos & Macropods: Western Grey Kangaroo* | Koala* | Wombats: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat | Brushtail Possums & Cuscuses: Common Brushtail Possum | Pygmy-Possums: Western Pygmy-Possum | Carnivorous Marsupials: Little Long-tailed Dunnart 
    Monotremes

    Short-beaked Echidna
    Placental Mammals

    Bats: Greater Long-eared Bat, Lesser Long-eared Bat, Southern Forest Bat, Chocolate Wattled Bat, Gould's Wattled Bat, Lesser Long-eared Bat | Rodents: Bush Rat, Greater Stick-nest Rat

    * Denotes sighting chance as high or common

     

    Suggested tour: Eyre Peninsula Wildlife & Ocean Encounters

    Duration: 3 Days
    Type: Small group or private
    Departs: On request

    This three-day adventure combines the best terrestrial and marine protected areas across the region including the opportunity to swim with wild Sea-Lions and Bottlenose Dolphins, see Emus, wild Koalas and Kangaroos and the Rosenbergs Goanna.

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  • Western Grey Kangaroo

    March,April,May, Eyre Peninsula

    Eyre Peninsula - Autumn Sightings for Land Mammals & Marsupials

    Marsupials

    Kangaroos & Macropods: Western Grey Kangaroo* | Koala* | Wombats: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat | Brushtail Possums & Cuscuses: Common Brushtail Possum | Pygmy-Possums: Western Pygmy-Possum | Carnivorous Marsupials: Little Long-tailed Dunnart 
    Monotremes

    Short-beaked Echidna
    Placental Mammals

    Bats: Greater Long-eared Bat, Lesser Long-eared Bat, Southern Forest Bat, Chocolate Wattled Bat, Gould's Wattled Bat, Lesser Long-eared Bat | Rodents: Bush Rat, Greater Stick-nest Rat

    * Denotes sighting chance as high or common

     

    Suggested tour: Eyre Peninsula Wildlife & Ocean Encounters

    Duration: 3 Days
    Type: Small group or private
    Departs: On request

    This three-day adventure combines the best terrestrial and marine protected areas across the region including the opportunity to swim with wild Sea-Lions and Bottlenose Dolphins, see Emus, wild Koalas and Kangaroos and the Rosenbergs Goanna.

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  • Western Grey Kangaroo

    June,July,August, Eyre Peninsula

    Eyre Peninsula - Winter Sightings for Land Mammals & Marsupials

    Marsupials

    Kangaroos & Macropods: Western Grey Kangaroo* | Koala* | Wombats: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat | Brushtail Possums & Cuscuses: Common Brushtail Possum | Pygmy-Possums: Western Pygmy-Possum | Carnivorous Marsupials: Little Long-tailed Dunnart 
    Monotremes

    Short-beaked Echidna
    Placental Mammals

    Bats: Greater Long-eared Bat, Lesser Long-eared Bat, Southern Forest Bat, Chocolate Wattled Bat, Gould's Wattled Bat, Lesser Long-eared Bat | Rodents: Bush Rat, Greater Stick-nest Rat

    * Denotes sighting chance as high or common

     

    Suggested tour: Port Lincoln Wildlife Encounters

    Duration: 2 Days
    Type: Small group or private
    Departs: On request

    This incredible two day adventure combines the best terrestrial and marine protected areas across the region including Lincoln National Park, Coffin Bay National Park, Big Swamp, Mikkira Station and Mount Dutton Bay Conservation Park. 

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  • Koala

    September,October,November, Eyre Peninsula

    Eyre Peninsula - Spring Sightings for Land Mammals & Marsupials

    Marsupials

    Kangaroos & Macropods: Western Grey Kangaroo* | Koala* | Wombats: Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat | Brushtail Possums & Cuscuses: Common Brushtail Possum | Pygmy-Possums: Western Pygmy-Possum | Carnivorous Marsupials: Little Long-tailed Dunnart 
    Monotremes

    Short-beaked Echidna
    Placental Mammals

    Bats: Greater Long-eared Bat, Lesser Long-eared Bat, Southern Forest Bat, Chocolate Wattled Bat, Gould's Wattled Bat, Lesser Long-eared Bat | Rodents: Bush Rat, Greater Stick-nest Rat

    * Denotes sighting chance as high or common

     

    Suggested tour: Eyre Peninsula Wildlife & Ocean Encounters

    Duration: 3 Days
    Type: Small group or private
    Departs: On request

    This three-day adventure combines the best terrestrial and marine protected areas across the region including the opportunity to swim with wild Sea-Lions and Bottlenose Dolphins, see Emus, wild Koalas and Kangaroos and the Rosenbergs Goanna.

    full itinerary

    Tours in Eyre Peninsula related to Land Mammals & Marsupials

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