Endangered+Species+in+Australia

__ENDANGERED SPECIES IN AUSTRALIA: __

**REASON WHY SOME AUSTRALIAN SPECIES ARE ENDANGERED: ** **Almost 1 in 5 mammals on earth are threatened to be extinct. About 450 animals in Australia are listed to be endangered. Australia is one of the top 10 countries known with the most extinction of animals. This is partly due to the fact that over 48% of Australia’s ecosystems have been greatly disturbed by humans. Every year at approximately 664 000 hectares of native vegetation of animals are cleared in Australia by destroying the animal’s habitats that live in that area. The ‘Gilberts potoroo’ the ‘Pedder galaxias’ the Tasmanian devil’ the hawksbill turtle’ the ‘Wollemi pine’ the red-tailed black cockatoo’ the lord Howe island plasmid’ and the ‘orange belled parrot’ these animals are shown to have a highly risk on extinction in the near future. One-third of all mammal extinction in the last 500 years has occurred in Australia. They are clearing the forests because humans need more places to live and more food and water to survive. **

**B ****ibliography: ** **Jacranda atlas **

**By Jayme Sterio of 7E **

**__ 4 Endangered Species In Australia __**
**Hairy nosed wombat** The hairy nosed wombat was once found south as far as the Victorian border, now they’re reduced to one population of around 113 located at Epping Forest National Park in eastern Queensland. The competition for grass with cattle, sheep and rabbits saw it’s number decline and range contract.

**Smoky Mouse**

The Smoky Mouse is an endangered native rodent, similar in size to a small rat. It has soft, fine, pale grey to blue-grey to black fur with a grey to white belly and a ring of dark hairs around the eye. Since European settlement this range has declined and is currently limited to a small number of places scattered throughout western, southern and eastern Victoria 

**Tasmanian devil**

The Tasmanian devil is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. The Tasmanian devil is threatened by the devil facial tumour disease (dftd) the tumour kils over 90% of highly density areas. 

**Orange-bellied parrot** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">The Orange bellied parrot s fewer than 200 adult Orange bellied parrots remain. Competition for food has increased with introduced seed eating birds such as sparrow. Prediators such as foxes have also taken their toll. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">

Bibliography : Jacranda atlas []

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