Wet Tropics of Queensland
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The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site is an area of approximately 8,940 km2 of very wet forests on parts of the coast and adjacent ranges of tropical Queensland, Australia. The area meets
Forest near Daintree. Queensland
Barron Gorge in Barron Gorge National Park
Josephine Falls, 2008
Daintree Rainforest, 2011
Musky rat-kangaroo
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The musky rat-kangaroo is a small marsupial found only in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. First described in the later 19th century, the only other species are known from fossil specimens.
Wet Tropics of Queensland
…11 species of those are found nowhere else. The southern cassowary and rare spotted-tailed quoll are some of the many threatened species, while the musky rat-kangaroo is one of 50 animal species that are unique to this area. The musky rat-kangaroo is significant because it represents an early stage in the evolution…
Musky rat kangaroo Atherton
Musky rat kangaroo Atherton 2