Kangaroos on the beach at sunset at Cape Hillsborough National Park in Queensland © Tourism and Events Queensland

Cape Hillsborough National Park, Queensland © Tourism and Events Queensland

Guide to Australia’s animals

Wombat in the snow at Cradle Mountain © Tourism Australia/Daniel Tran

Wombat, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania © Tourism Australia/Daniel Tran

Devils @ Cradle, Cradle Mountain National Park, TAS © Laura Helle

Devils @ Cradle, Cradle Mountain National Park, Tasmania © Laura Helle

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Australia has more than 40 species of kangaroo and wallaby, from the mighty red kangaroo to the teeny musky rat-kangaroo.

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Kangaroos on the grass beside Pebbly Beach in Murramarang National Park © Tourism Australia

Kangaroos, Pebbly Beach, Murramarang National Park, New South Wales © Tourism Australia

Koala joey with mother, Australia Zoo, Beerwah, Queensland © Ben Beaden / Australia Zoo

Koala joey with mother, Australia Zoo, Beerwah, Queensland © Ben Beaden / Australia Zoo  

Worn Gundidj @ Tower Hill, Victoria © Tourism Australia

Worn Gundidj @ Tower Hill, Victoria © Tourism Australia

The Bilby Experience, Charleville, Queensland © Save the Bilby Fund

The Bilby Experience, Charleville, Queensland © Save the Bilby Fund

A thorny devil on red dirt at Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park © Tourism Australia

Thorny Devil, Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory © Tourism Australia