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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

Parks connected

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Apex predators187speciesGiants of nature57speciesThreatened species515speciesNight life768speciesBig cats39speciesPolar wildlife74speciesEndemic species6speciesThe Big Five6species

Conservation

Showing 24 species · Mount Field

Showing 24 species · Mount Field

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Not Evaluated

Redback

Latrodectus hasselti

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Black-Faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Common Brush-tailed Possum

Trichosurus vulpecula

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Mainland Island Snake

Notechis scutatus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Least Concern

Tawny Frogmouth

Podargus strigoides

CarnivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Not Evaluated

Red Bull Ant

Myrmecia gulosa

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial
Least Concern

Superb Fairywren

Malurus cyaneus

InsectivoreDiurnalFamily group
Least Concern

Australian Magpie

Cracticus tibicen

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group
Least Concern

Common Ringtail Possum

Pseudocheirus peregrinus

HerbivoreNocturnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Eastern Pygmy Possum

Cercartetus nanus

OmnivoreNectarivoreNocturnal
Least Concern

Rufous-bellied Pademelon

Thylogale billardierii

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Aquila audax

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Spotted Pardalote

Pardalotus punctatus

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs
Least Concern

Southern Brown Bandicoot

Isoodon obesulus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Relevancia
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Tasmanian DevilEndangered

Tasmanian Devil

Sarcophilus harrisii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
1 country5 parks
PlatypusNear Threatened

Platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
1 country20 parks
Willie WagtailLeast Concern

Willie Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

InsectivoreVariable activityIn pairs
5 countries56 parks
Bare-nosed WombatLeast Concern

Bare-nosed Wombat

Vombatus ursinus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
1 country16 parks
Spotted-tailed QuollNear Threatened

Spotted-tailed Quoll

Dasyurus maculatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
1 country8 parks
Eastern QuollEndangered

Eastern Quoll

Dasyurus viverrinus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
1 country4 parks
Least Concern

Red-necked Wallaby

Notamacropus rufogriseus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary
4 countries27 parks
Least Concern

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial
6 countries48 parks
Least Concern

Short-beaked Echidna

Tachyglossus aculeatus

InsectivoreCrepuscularSolitary
3 countries53 parks
Least Concern

Common Bluetongue

Tiliqua scincoides

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
3 countries53 parks
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
3 countries57 parks
5 countries56 parks
2 countries59 parks
1 country25 parks
3 countries51 parks
1 country33 parks
1 country26 parks
4 countries68 parks
1 country33 parks
1 country33 parks
1 country8 parks
3 countries24 parks
1 country51 parks
1 country22 parks