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Elanora Heights Primary School has researched

Endangered Australian Wildlife

as part of an
Endangered Animals of the World project
organised by Cannelton Elementary School in Indiana, USA
and Primary School De Wadden of Haarlem, Netherlands.


Kowari
Drawn by Tom and Daniel 5G

Common Name : Kowari

Scientific Name : Dasyuroides byrnei

Habitat :
Sandy deserts of central Australia

Diet :
Eats small vertibrates and invertibrates.

Size :
It reaches 320mm of which 140mm is the tail and weighs about 120grams.

Danger :

Grazing animals destroy the habitat and foxes kill kowaris.


Researched by :

Tom and Daniel 5G

Reference:

CD called "Wildinfo Australia"
Windows Version
Australian Endangered, Vulnerable and Extinct Fauna.
Designed and produced by "Good Thinking" (Australia) Pty Ltd
Distributer :
DATAWORKS
81 Eildon Parade,
Rowville, Victoria, 3178, Australia

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