Deep Creek Native Fauna

Southern Brown Bandicoot Common Brushtail Possum

medium sized, long noses, small Nocturnal marsupials

rounded ears and a large rump Silver grey in colour with pale
excellent diggers and dig cone undersides and dark brown/bushy tails
shaped holes in leaf litter and soil Becoming a pest in some areas and
to find food damaging the environment and
lives in dense scrubby habitats farming industry
and areas with low ground cover Herbivores with most of their diet
sleep in grass and plant nests to coming from leaves, flowers and fruits
protect from predators Yellow-footed Antechinus Usually have one baby per season
once were eight species of Nest in tree hollows or dark confined
bandicoot in South Australia, now look similar to shrews in Europe spaces such as dense vegetation
only two and Africa They’re territorial and mark their spot
often mistaken for house mice with scent glands on their chins, chest
grey in colour with golden fur on and base of their tails
their front legs and flanks
their bodies and noses are
distinctly longer than a common
mouse
males don’t live longer than a
year because they expend too
much energy during the spring
mating season
Australian Sea Lion
Southern Right Whale
gather in groups called colonies of 10-15 Callosities which are crusted marine lice and barnacles appear
find food on the sea floor on calves from birth and act as birth marks
80 percent of the Australian sea-lion They eat small food but in large quantities (up to a tonne), such
population is in SA as small crustaceans
One of the rarest seal species with only They catch the food in their baleen, which is comb like teeth
10,000-12,000 remaining 25 to 55 calves are born each June and continue to nurse
Males (bulls) are larger and darker than during November. Calves only have a blubber to keep them
females (cows) and can weigh up to 300kg warm which rapidly builds as they drink fatty milk from their
Pups are born with a dark brown coat and mother. The can grow up to 90kg in a day.
moult and only 30 percent survive until The whales migrate from cold Antarctic waters to warmer
maturity waters to breed
 Yellow-Tailed Black-
Coackatoo
Largest Australian cockatoo (55-65cm long) and
easy to spot with black and yellow patches with
yellow markings on their tail
They fly and gather in groups of up to 100
They strip the bark off trees to find beetles and
moth larvae with beaks strong enough to bite
into cones of pines and banksias
Becoming more vulnerable due to loss of habitat
and competition, and the common brushtail
possum is a predator to the cockatoo’s eggs
Western Grey Kangaroo

Eastern Three-Lined Three-toead Earless Garden Skink

Skink Skink

References
http://www.australiannationalparks.com/southaustralia/deepcreek/default.htm
https://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/adelaidemtloftyranges/home
https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/NatureMaps/Pages/default.aspx
https://www.naturalresources.sa.gov.au/adelaidemtloftyranges/land/our-
parks/schools-in-parks/deep-creek-conservation-park-education-pack