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
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