Love Your Local Wildlife Years 4 - 6

Many Western Australian species get their common names from Aboriginal
languages. Find the common names for these threatened species.
Western Australian Animals Under Pressure

Noombat Dibla Kwoka

Conservation Status: Conservation Status: Conservation Status:

Choose a threatened Australian animal that is at

Tree Kangaroo Perth Zoo and record information in the table
below.

Common Name:

Scientific Name:

Conservation Status:

Distribution:

Cassowary Diet:

Interesting facts:

Tasmanian Devil
Love Your Local Wildlife Years 4 - 6

The Western Swamp Tortoise is the most

endangered reptile in Australia. These
amazing animals are found only in
Western Australian Animals Under Pressure

Western Australia.
Visit me in the Australian Wetlands.

Write down two amazing facts about the Western Swamp Tortoise:

What is being done to help the Western Swamp Tortoise?

Describe the features of a numbat’s habitat.

Numbats are only

found in Western
Australia. Visit me in
the Australian What can we do to help keep these habitats
Bushwalk. healthy?
Love Your Local Wildlife Years 4 - 6

Healthy habitats need lots of living things to keep everything in balance.

Think about how these plants and animals help keep a wetland healthy.
Fish Reeds and Amphibians
Grasses
Healthy Habitats

Visit the Reptile Encounter and choose an

Australian reptile to study. Look at your
reptile. Discover where it is found and
what it eats.

Design and label a healthy habitat for your reptile.

Love Your Local Wildlife
Australia isn’t the only place that has
Sumatran Orangutans and Sumatran Tigers
ACROSS Sumatran Tiger
1 Research, anti-poaching patrols
and community _________ and
In Danger Around the World
habitat protection all combat the
major threats to tiger survival.
3 Sumatran Tigers are _________
endangered.
5 Perth Zoo participates in a
regional ________ program
for tigers.
7 Tigers are a top ________ of
the rainforest.
9 Caspian, Javan and Balinese
Tigers are already _______.
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Years 4 - 6
endangered animals. Visit the
to complete the crossword.
DOWN Sumatran Orangutan
2 Logging operations, agriculture
and _______ plantations are
encroaching on orangutan
habitat.
4 Perth Zoo is working with
partners to protect Bukit
_________ National Park .
6 Orangutans and elephants
thrive in _______ forest
fringes.
8 Coming to ______ can be
dangerous for orangutans.
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