Tasmania

12002-01109 Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) length and density of fur varies geographically throughout Australia. In Tasmanian individuals dense fur almost obscures the spines. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-01106 Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus setosus) length and density of fur varies geographically throughout Australia. In Tasmanian individuals dense fur almost obscures the spines. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

21002-02101 Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) or tiger cat, a solitary carnivorous marsupial, still widespread in Tasmania, particularly in wet schlerophyll forests *

21002-02111 Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) or tiger cat. A carnivorous marsupial now sparse in Australia. While widespread in Tasmania, it is threatened by logging of schlerophyll forests *

21002-02116 Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) young, approximately five weeks old in nest *

21002-21002 Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) young approximately nine weeks old in nest with mother *

21002-02205 Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) two young approximately nine weeks old in den with mother *

21002-02314 Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) young female about 14 weeks old outside den feeding on rosella carcass *

21002-02104 Spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus) or tiger cat. A carnivorous marsupial widespread in Tasmania *

21002-03218 Eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) or eastern native cat. Pair emerging with larger male on right *

21002-03101 Eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) or eastern native cat. Pair emerging with male in background *

21002-03105 Eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) or eastern native cat. Pair emerging with male at rear *

21002-07204 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) largest of all living marsupial carnivores and resembling a small dog. Female outside myrtle beech den. Cradle Mountain *

21002-06612 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) largest of all living marsupial carnivores and resembling a small dog. Characteristic 'yawn' *

21002-07022 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) largest of all living marsupial carnivores and resembling a small dog. Female carrying young in characteristic manner *

21002-06917 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) two young, approximately five months old, outside den. Cradle Mountain *

21002-06803 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) largest of all living marsupial carnivores resembling small dog. Young female 'yawning' *

21002-06817 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) young female with fresh carrion. Devils are the largest of all living marsupial carnivores, and resemble small dogs *

21002-06618 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) three week old young developing in pouch *

21002-06603 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) killed at night while scavenging road kill. Port Arthur *

21002-06703 Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) amongst pandani in Cradle Mountain National Park *

12002-15809 Eastern barred bandicoot (Perameles gunnii) young in grass nest. Mole Creek, Tasmania *

12002-30320 Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus apicalis) male in beech forest at night. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-20303 Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) adult leaving den under fallen beech tree. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-20318 Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) adult leaving den under fallen beech tree. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-20217 Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus) adult feeding in the evening. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-17302 Southern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus victor) young female eating eucalyptus leaves. Wilson's Promontory, Victoria. Southern koalas are larger than those further north, such as in Queensland. Southern koala have thicker, fluffier, darker brownish fur and have most likely evolved, because the winters in the south are colder than in the north *

12002-17311 Southern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus victor) adult male eating eucalyptus leaves. Wilson's Promontory, Victoria. Southern koalas are larger than those further north, such as in Queensland. Southern koala have thicker, fluffier, darker brownish fur and have most likely evolved, because the winters in the south are colder than in the north *

12002-17319 Southern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus victor) head of baby clinging to its mother. Wilson's Promontory, Victoria. Southern koalas are larger than those further north, such as in Queensland. Southern koala have thicker, fluffier, darker brownish fur and have most likely evolved, because the winters in the south are colder than in the north *

12002-26020 Common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus) 'golden' female with dark joey. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-22108 Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus viverrinus) male in beech forest at night. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-22104 Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus viverrinus) male in beech forest at night. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-22101 Common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus viverrinus) male in beech forest at night. Cradle Mountain, Tasmania *

12002-28616 Little pygmy-possum (Cercartetus lepidus) juvenile on flowering Banksia at night. Mole Creek, Tasmania *

12002-28617 Little pygmy-possum (Cercartetus lepidus) juvenile on flowering Banksia at night. Mole Creek, Tasmania *

12002-28621 Little pygmy possum (Cercartetus lepidus) juvenile on flowering heath at night. Mole Creek, Tasmania *

12002-58110 Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) adult female at sunset. Wilson's Promontory, Victoria *

12001-00310 Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Adult female wandering through shrubland in southern Victoria *

12001-00302 Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Adult female in shrubland. Wilsons Promontory, Victoria *

12001-31008 Tasmanian native-hen (Gallinula mortierii) a flightless rail endemic to Tasmania. Still relatively common in wetlands and grasslands *

12001-31001 Tasmanian native-hen (Gallinula mortierii) flightless rail endemic to Tasmania, seen here guarding four large downy chicks *

12001-18508 Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) a sister taxon to the flightless Cnemiornis (the extinct giant NZ goose). One third the weight of their extinct cousins, occasional stragglers from Australia or perhaps liberated birds, still turn up infrequently in the wild in NZ *

12001-18610 Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) female on nest. Flinder's Island, Tasmania *

11001-45005 Musk duck (Biziura lobata) male swimming. Fossil evidence of a closely related musk duck (Biziura delautouri), now extinct, is known from bones from early New Zealand swamp sites dating from the Holocene *

12001-24606 Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) close-up of adult in Tasmanian blackwood *

12001-60004 Green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) this is the largest of all the Rosellas, endemic to Tasmania and Bass Strait Islands. Seen here feeding on introduced hawthorn berries in a hedgerow in autumn, at Mole Creek, Tasmania *

12001-65107 Tasmanian masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae castanops) characteristically chestnut-faced female, perched in snow *

12001-66402 Owlet nightjar (Aegotheles cristatus) a 'grey phase' juvenile from Mole Creek, Tasmania *