Product Description
NATIVE WILDLIFE IN THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS
VEGETATION, FEATURES AND ZONES
WILDLIFE
Contents Include:
1. IN THE ALPINE SPHAGNUM BOGS
Alpine Water Skink, Alpine Tree Frog,
Corroborree Frog, Baw Baw Frog
2. LIVING UNDER THE SNOW:
Mountain Pygmy Possum, Broad-toothed Rat, Dusky Antechinus
3. ALTITUDINAL MIGRATORS:
Nankeen Kestrel, Pied Currawong, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo,
Olive Whistler, Little Raven, Flame Robin, White-browed Scrub-wren
4. AMONGST THE SNOWGUMS:
Crimson Rosella, Gang-gang Cockatoo
5. SNAKES ALIVE:
White-lipped Snake, Highlands Copperhead
6. ALL IMPORTANT INSECTS: Bogong Moth, Flightless Mountain Grasshopper,
Alpine Silver Xenica Butterfly
Alpine Water Skink, Alpine Tree Frog,
Corroborree Frog, Baw Baw Frog
2. LIVING UNDER THE SNOW:
Mountain Pygmy Possum, Broad-toothed Rat, Dusky Antechinus
3. ALTITUDINAL MIGRATORS:
Nankeen Kestrel, Pied Currawong, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo,
Olive Whistler, Little Raven, Flame Robin, White-browed Scrub-wren
4. AMONGST THE SNOWGUMS:
Crimson Rosella, Gang-gang Cockatoo
5. SNAKES ALIVE:
White-lipped Snake, Highlands Copperhead
6. ALL IMPORTANT INSECTS: Bogong Moth, Flightless Mountain Grasshopper,
Alpine Silver Xenica Butterfly
7. THE ELUSIVE MAMMALS:
Long-nosed Bandicoot, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby,
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
8. CREEK AND RIVER DWELLERS:
Platypus, Mountain Galaxia, Alpine Spiny Crayfish
9. NOCTURNAL FOREST MAMMALS:
Sugar Glider, Tiger Quoll, Mountain Brushtail, Wombat
10. GOING GOING GONE – Leadbeater’s Possum
11. RAPTORS:
Peregrine Falcon, Wedge-tailed Eagle
QUIZ
Long-nosed Bandicoot, Red-necked Wallaby, Swamp Wallaby,
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
8. CREEK AND RIVER DWELLERS:
Platypus, Mountain Galaxia, Alpine Spiny Crayfish
9. NOCTURNAL FOREST MAMMALS:
Sugar Glider, Tiger Quoll, Mountain Brushtail, Wombat
10. GOING GOING GONE – Leadbeater’s Possum
11. RAPTORS:
Peregrine Falcon, Wedge-tailed Eagle
QUIZ
