Flora and Fauna Database
ID, catalog and discuss Australian Flora and Fauna. Please click on hyper-linked photos for larger view.
Plants
Trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and algae
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Fungi
Organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts, molds and mushrooms
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Mammals
A total of 379 species of mammals have been recorded in Australia and surrounding continental waters; 357 indigenous and 22 introduced. The list includes 2 monotremes, 159 marsupials, 76 bats, 69 rodents (5 introduced), 10 pinnipeds, 3 terrestrial carnivorans (2 recent and 1 sub-recent introductions), 13 introduced ungulates, 2 introduced lagomorphs, 44 cetaceans and 1 sirenian. The taxonomy and nomenclature used here generally follows Van Dyck and Strahan
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Reptiles
Cold-blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates of the class Reptilia
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Amphibian
Vertebrate animals including animals such as frogs, caecilians, and salamanders
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Invertebrates
Any of numerous, usually small arthropod animals of the class Insecta
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Birds
Feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animals.
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Aquatic
Vertebrate or invertebrate animals which lives in water for most or all of their lives
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WTF? (Wildlife Taxon Finder)
Australian plant and animal identifaction forum
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