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Dingo
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/dingo/The Dingo is Australia's wild dog. It is an ancient breed of domestic dog that was introduced to Australia, probably by Asian seafarers, about 4,000 years ago. Its origins have been traced back to early breeds of domestic dogs in south east Asia.
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Inland Taipan
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/inland-taipan/Inland Taipan, Oxyuranus microlepidotus
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Short-beaked Echidna
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/short-beaked-echidna/The Short-beaked Echidna is the only species of echidna in Australia.
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Wedge-tailed Eagle
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/wedge-tailed-eagle/The Wedge-tailed Eagle is Australia's largest living bird of prey and one of the largest eagles in the world.
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Brown Falcon
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/brown-falcon/Falcons (Family Falconidae) lack a clutching foot mechanism to catch and kill prey, which characterises eagles, kites and relatives in the Family Accipitridae. Instead, they have powerful hooked bills with specialised 'teeth' and matching notches which can sever neck bones with one bite.
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Greater Bilby
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/greater-bilby/The Greater Bilby, sometimes depicted as Australia's Easter Bunny, belongs to a group of ground-dwelling marsupials known as bandicoots.
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Arid habitats
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/arid-habitats/Australia is the second driest continent in the world. This does not mean that areas without fresh water do not have plants and animals. In fact, arid zone habitats are full of life. Some arid zone habitats include tall shrubs, heath, grasslands, sandy areas and rocky areas.
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Central Bearded Dragon
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/reptiles/central-bearded-dragon/Like other species of Bearded Dragon, this lizard relies on more bluff than bite; trying to appear larger and spikier than it really is to any potential predator.
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