Western Shield focuses on native animals most vulnerable to feral cat and fox predation. These are primarily small and medium sized mammals, as well as some ground-nesting birds and reptiles.
bilby (Macrotis lagotis) 237.75 KBblack-flanked rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) 220.91 KBboodie or burrowing bettong (Bettongia lesueur lesueur) 243.02 KBchuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii)dibbler (Parantechinus apicalis)225.13 KB djoongari or Shark Bay mouse (Pseudomys fieldi)158.65 KB Gilbert's potoroo (Potorous tridactylus gilbertii)234.44 KB
kenngoor or red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura)219.46 KBmala or rufous hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus)219.11 KB marl or western barred bandicoot (Perameles bougainville)279.65 KBmernine or banded hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus)209.7 KBnumbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)238.86 KB quenda or southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus fusciventer) 231.02 KBquokka (Setonix brachyurus)246.29 KBtammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)233.83 KBwestern ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentalis)259.59 KBwopilkara or greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor)259.59 KBwoylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata ogilbyi)164.78 KB
malleefowl (Leipoa ocellataI) 2012.pdfcommon brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecular)145.9 KBcarpet python (Morelia spilota)232.23 KBFind out more about Western Australia's animals, threatened species and our research into animal conservation.