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- What is the flora and fauna of Western Australia?
- What makes the flora and fauna of Australia so unique?
- What is the national flora and fauna of Australia?
- What is the flora and fauna of Perth?
- What is Western Australia's fauna emblem?
- What is the meaning of flora and fauna?
- What is the flora like in Australia?
- What is special about Australia?
- What does the word flora means?
- What type of flora and fauna are found?
- What is Western Australian animal?
- What animals live in South Western Australia?
- What animal is native to Western Australia?
What is the flora and fauna of Western Australia?
As well as being home to iconic Australian animals, such as red kangaroos and crocodiles, Western Australia has 141 of Australia's 207 mammal species, 439 reptile species, 1,600 fish species and more than 12,000 species of wildflowers – making it one of the largest collections of wildflowers in the world.
What makes the flora and fauna of Australia so unique?
A unique feature of Australia's fauna is the relative scarcity of native placental mammals. Consequently, the marsupials – a group of mammals that raise their young in a pouch, including the macropods, possums and dasyuromorphs – occupy many of the ecological niches placental animals occupy elsewhere in the world.
What is the national flora and fauna of Australia?
Waratah. The beautiful waratah is not only the NSW floral emblem, it's also one of the best-known Australian native plants.
What is the flora and fauna of Perth?
WA has 141 of Australia's 207 mammal species, 439 reptile species, 1,600 fish species and more than 12,000 species of wildflowers grow here – making it the largest collection of wildflowers in the world.
What is Western Australia's fauna emblem?
The Numbat was proclaimed the animal emblem of Western Australia on 25 July 1973.
What is the meaning of flora and fauna?
Flora is plant life; fauna refers to animals. Fauna derives from the name of a Roman goddess, but the handiest way to remember the difference between flora and fauna is that flora sounds like flowers, which are part of the plant world; fauna, however, sounds like "fawn," and fawns are part of the animal kingdom.
What is the flora like in Australia?
The high diversity of flora includes large numbers of species in ecologically significant genera such as Acacia, Eucalyptus, Melaleuca, Grevillea and Allocasuarina. Acacias tend to dominate in drier inland parts of Australia, while eucalypts dominate in wetter parts.
What is special about Australia?
Australia is globally famous for its natural wonders, wide-open spaces, beaches, deserts, "The Bush", and "The Outback". Australia is one of the world's most highly urbanised countries; it's well known for its attractive mega cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.
What does the word flora means?
Flora means "flower" in Latin, and Flora was the Roman goddess of spring and flowering plants, especially wildflowers and plants not raised for food. ... The common phrase "flora and fauna" covers just about every visible living thing.
What type of flora and fauna are found?
Give some examples of flora and fauna.
Some examples of flora include- grasslands, forests, flowering and non-flowering plants and trees. A few examples of fauna include- birds, animals, fish, insects, etc.
What is Western Australian animal?
The numbat, or banded anteater, one of the State's most attractive marsupials, was proclaimed on 25 July 1973 as the animal emblem of Western Australia. Fossil Emblem of Western Australia. The gogo fish is the State's fossil emblem. It was proclaimed on 5 December 1995.
What animals live in South Western Australia?
Regional wildlife
Sea lions, southern right whales, great white sharks and many other marine species are found off the southwest coast in the waters of the Indian and Southern oceans. The numbat is a small marsupial endemic to Western Australia.
What animal is native to Western Australia?
As well as being home to iconic Australian animals, such as red kangaroos and crocodiles, Western Australia has 141 of Australia's 207 mammal species, 439 reptile species, 1,600 fish species and more than 12,000 species of wildflowers – making it one of the largest collections of wildflowers in the world.
