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MAMMAL: Brush-tailed phascogale
LENGTH: 35-45cm (male)
HABITAT: Open, well-watered areas of Blue Mountains often on bare ridges.
EATS: Spider & small mice.
DESCRIPTION: sharp foxy face with long slanty eyes & large pointed ears .Its fur is a mottled grey with a light -coloured chest .
MAMMAL: Platypus
LENGTH: 45-55cm
HABITAT: along rivers banks & lakes in Blue Mountains.
EATS: Fish, Shrimp & Shellfish.
DESCRIPTION: A duck like snout with nostrils at the tip
of its beak, dark brown water resistant fur & webbed feet.
It has a poisonous spur on its back leg with which it can kill or stun its prey.
MAMMAL: Spotted-tailed Quoll
LENGTH: 75-130cm(male)
HABITAT: Cool,temperate & tropical wet Blue Mountains: rainforest
EATS: Birds, reptiles & insects
DESCRIPTION: Sleek golden brown fur with cream coloured spots & spots on its tail !!!!!!
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This page was last modified on 1st July, 1998
