Ribet Ribet

• Bufo marinus

• Introduced into Australia to eat cane eating pests.

• Found in sand dunes, coastal heath, rainforest and mangroves.

•May be grey, yellowish, olive-brown or reddish-brown.

•Large heavily-built amphibians with dry warty skin.

• Average sized adults are 10-15 cm long.

• Found in the north of Queensland and are spreading West. http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/canetoad.htm

• Felis catus.

• Solitary and predominantly nocturnal • Hides all day in burrows and hollow logs

• Enjoys eating bridled nail-tail wallabies and bush tailed possums.

• Found all over Australia.

• Carry infectious diseases such as toxoplasmosis and sarcosporidiosis.

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/cat/index.html

• Sus scrofa

• Found in some parts of Australia.

• Between 13 million and 23 million feral pigs in Australia.

• Feral pigs are active from late afternoon to early morning.

• The eat a wide range of foods including plants and small animals.

• Destroy vegetation that prevents erosion.

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/tap/pig/index.html

• Vulpes Vulpes.

• Major predator in Australia.

• Small to medium in size.

• Found almost all over Australia.

• Introduced to Australia for recreational hunting.

• Prey on newborn lambs, goat kids and poultry.

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/fox/index.html

• Oryctolagus cuniculus.

• Found almost all over Australia.

• Compete with native wildlife, damage vegetation and degrade the land.

• Feral rabbits can breed when they are only four months old.

• Western Australia built a 1700km fence to keep the rabbits out.

• Most widely distributed and abundant mammal in Australia

http://www.deh.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/rabbit/index.html