Location
Oceania
Animals of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands.
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Mammals
Alpaca
Vicugna pacos
The alpaca is a domesticated Andean camelid kept for its fleece.
Living
Insects
Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas
The atlas moth is a large silk moth of Asian tropical and subtropical forests.
Living
LCBirds
Australian magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
The Australian magpie is a black and white songbird of open country in Australia and southern New Guinea.
Living
LCBirds
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
The barn swallow is the most widespread swallow on earth, with a steel blue back and a deeply forked tail.
Living
Reptiles
Bearded dragon
Pogona
Bearded dragons are Australian lizards.
Living
Birds
Bird of Paradise
Paradisaeidae
Birds-of-paradise are renowned for elaborate courtship displays.
Living
LCBirds
Black kite
Milvus migrans
The black kite is a medium-sized raptor with angled wings and a forked tail.
Living
LCBirds
Black swan
Cygnus atratus
The black swan is a large Australian waterbird with black plumage, white flight feathers and a bright red bill.
Living
Reptiles
Blue-tongued skink
Tiliqua
Blue-tongued skinks are stocky lizards with conspicuous blue tongues.
Living
Jellyfish and hydrozoans
Box Jellyfish
Cubozoa
Box jellyfishes are named for their angular bells.
Living
LCMammals
Brown rat
Rattus norvegicus
The brown rat is a large, burrowing rodent that lives wherever people live.
Living
LCBirds
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus
The budgerigar is a small green and yellow parrot from the dry interior of Australia.
Living
Mammals
Camel
Camelus
Camels are large dry-country mammals.
Living
LCBirds
Canada goose
Branta canadensis
The Canada goose is a large black-necked goose with a white chinstrap, native to North America and now settled on four continents.
Living
Birds
Cassowary
Casuarius
Cassowaries are large flightless forest birds.
LivingMammals
Cat
Felis catus
The domestic cat is a small carnivore with a flexible body and retractile claws.
Living
LCMammals
Chamois
Rupicapra rupicapra
The chamois is a small goat-antelope of the steep mountains of Europe and western Asia, with hooked horns and a striped face.
Living
Birds
Chicken
Gallus gallus domesticus
The domestic chicken is a social ground-feeding bird descended chiefly from red junglefowl.
Living
Crustaceans
Christmas Island Red Crab
Gecarcoidea natalis
The Christmas Island red crab is a land crab that spends most of its life on the forest floor.
Living
LCFish
Clownfish
Amphiprion ocellaris
The clownfish lives inside the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone, which it cleans and defends in return.
Living
LCBirds
Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus
The cockatiel is the smallest cockatoo, and it lives across the dry inland of Australia.
Living
Birds
Cockatoo
Cacatuidae
Cockatoos are parrots with mobile head crests.
Living
Insects
Cockroach
Blattodea
Cockroaches occupy many environments.
Living
VUCrustaceans
Coconut crab
Birgus latro
The coconut crab is the largest land-living arthropod.
Living
LCBirds
Common blackbird
Turdus merula
The common blackbird is a true thrush of Europe, North Africa and western Asia, and the male is glossy black with a yellow eye-ring.
Living
LCBirds
Common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
The common kingfisher is a small blue and orange bird of clear, slow rivers across Europe, Asia and North Africa.
Living
LCBirds
Common myna
Acridotheres tristis
The common myna is a brown starling with a black head and a bare yellow patch behind the eye, native to southern Asia.
Living
LCBirds
Common pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
The common pheasant is a long-tailed gamebird from Asia that people have released across the world.
Living
LCBirds
Common starling
Sturnus vulgaris
The common starling is a glossy black songbird of Europe and Asia, spangled with white spots in winter.
Living
Birds
Cormorant
Phalacrocoracidae
Cormorants are fish-eating diving birds.
LivingMammals
Cow
Bos taurus
Domestic cattle are large social herbivores kept in many parts of the world.
Living
Reptiles
Crested Gecko
Correlophus ciliatus
The crested gecko is a nocturnal lizard native to New Caledonia.
Living
Mammals
Dingo
Canis lupus dingo
The dingo is a dog associated with Australia.
LivingMammals
Dog
Canis lupus familiaris
The domestic dog is a social canid whose breeds vary greatly in size and appearance.
Living
Mammals
Donkey
Equus asinus
The domestic donkey is an herbivorous equid with long ears and sturdy hooves.
Living
Birds
Duck
Anatidae
Ducks are waterbirds with many different feeding habits.
Living
VUMammals
Dugong
Dugong dugon
The dugong is a large marine mammal that grazes seagrass in warm, shallow coastal water from East Africa to Vanuatu.
Living
Mammals
Echidna
Tachyglossidae
Echidnas are spiny, egg-laying mammals.
Living
Birds
Egret
Ardeidae
Egrets are herons known for pale plumage in several species.
Living
LCBirds
Emu
Dromaius novaehollandiae
The emu is a tall flightless bird found only in Australia, and no native bird there stands higher.
Living
Mammals
Fallow deer
Dama dama
The fallow deer is a grazing and browsing deer often associated with woodland edges and open grass.
Living
Mammals
Ferret
Mustela putorius furo
The domestic ferret is a slender carnivorous mammal kept by people.
Living
Insects
Flea
Siphonaptera
Fleas are wingless parasitic insects.
Living
Reptiles
Frilled Lizard
Chlamydosaurus kingii
The frilled lizard is a tree-dwelling reptile of northern Australia and southern New Guinea.
Living
Insects
Fruit Fly
Drosophila melanogaster
The common fruit fly is a small, widely transported insect associated with fermenting fruit.
Living
Molluscs
Giant Clam
Tridacna gigas
The giant clam is a large reef-dwelling bivalve of the tropical Indo-Pacific.
Living
Mammals
Goat
Capra
Goats belong to the genus Capra, which includes wild species and domestic forms.
Living
Fish
Goldfish
Carassius auratus
The goldfish is a domesticated freshwater fish with many selectively bred forms.
Living
LCBirds
Great egret
Ardea alba
The great egret is a tall white heron that hunts fish in shallow water on six continents.
Living
Mammals
Guinea pig
Cavia
Guinea pigs are social rodents kept by people.
LivingMammals
Horse
Equus ferus caballus
The domestic horse is a grazing equid with a long history alongside people.
Living
LCMammals
House mouse
Mus musculus
The house mouse is a small grey-brown rodent that lives in and around human buildings on every inhabited continent.
Living
LCBirds
House sparrow
Passer domesticus
The house sparrow is a small brown and grey bird that lives beside people almost everywhere on earth.
Living
Insects
Housefly
Musca domestica
The housefly is a widespread insect closely associated with people.
Living
CRBirds
Kākāpō
Strigops habroptila
The kākāpō is a large flightless parrot found only in New Zealand, and it is the heaviest parrot in the world.
Living
Mammals
Kangaroo
Macropodidae
Kangaroos are hopping marsupials in the macropod family.
Living
Birds
Kingfisher
Alcedinidae
Kingfishers include many differently coloured birds.
Living
Birds
Kiwi
Apteryx
Kiwis are flightless New Zealand birds with long bills and hair-like feathers.
Living
VUMammals
Koala
Phascolarctos cinereus
The koala is a tree-living marsupial from eastern Australia.
Living
LCBirds
Little penguin
Eudyptula minor
The little penguin is the smallest penguin in the world, a slate-blue seabird of New Zealand and southern Australia.
Living
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