BALI BANTENG

Photographed on Coburg Peninsula, Northern Territory, October 2018

105.                BALI BANTENG.                    Bos javanicus

AUSTRALIA.                105

Also called Bali Cattle. Introduced. Domesticated form of Banteng, a wild ox of S-E Asia. Twenty introduced into Coburg Peninsula in 1849 from Bali. Now confined to peninsula. Supposedly population of 2000-3500 controlled for safari hunting. Nocturnal and crepuscular, nervous and alert. Shelters during the day and feed on open areas at night. Grazes on sedges, trees and shrubs, sometimes seaweed.

ASH-GREY MOUSE

Photographed on Hi Vallee Farm, Badgingarra, Western Australia, September 2018

104                     ASH-GREY MOUSE                    Pseudomys albocinereus

AUSTRALIA                  104

Confined to sw WA from Shark Bay to Israelite Bay and several off-shore islands. Widespread but not common in remnants of sand plain heath and tall scrubland with tussock-grass understory. Nocturnal.

BLACK-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY

Photographed at Simpson's Gap, Northern Territory, April 2018

103                 BLACK-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY                    Petrogale lateralis

AUSTRALIA                103

Also known as Black-flanked Rock Wallaby. Vulnerable; declining due to fox deprivation. Timid, doesn't venture far from rocks; shelters in crevices and caves. Nocturnal but basks in sun; feeds on grasses and forms. Widely scattered ranges of central and Western Australia.

FAT-TAILED DUNNART

Photographed south of Lightning Ridge, NSW, March 2018

102                      FAT-TAILED DUNNART                    Smithopsis crassicaudata

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                102

Common and widespread in variety of open habitats in s. and central mainland; tussock and hummock grassland, gibber plain, saltbush and bluebush plains, playpens, rough pasture and edges of  stubble paddocks. Nocturnal, terrestrial, forages for invertebrates in open spaces near cover; shelters in communal nests.

COMMON ROCK RAT

Photographed at Black Mountain, near Cooktown, Queensland, February 2018

101                COMMON ROCK RAT               Zyzomys argurus

AUSTRALIAN              101

Widespread across n Australia in four separate regions: Pilbara and Barrow Island (WA); Kimberley-Top End- Mt Isa; Tully Range (Q); e coast Q from Charlotte Bay to Ayr and Carnarvon. Typically associated with fractured rocky outcrops or scree slopes with vegetation with monsoon forest elements. Nocturnal, sheltering in rocks in day. Omnivorous, eats seeds, plant stems, some insects and fungi.

DIADEM LEAF-NOSED BAT

Subspecies reginae, photographed near Mount Carbine, north Queensland, February 2018

100                  DIADEM LEAF-NOSED BAT                  Hipposideros diadema 

AUSTRALIAN                100

Two distinct subspecies, which may be separate species; inornatus found in sandstone escarpments of Arnham Land; reginae found from coastal n Queensland to Townsville. Uncommon. Roosts in mines, caves, buildings and culverts. Forages in variety of vegetation from rainforest to open eucalyptus. Feeds on flying insects on the wing by perch and sally or direct pursuit.

NOTE: this individual flew into my car while I was driving at low speed; it was stunned but quickly flew off.

CHRISTMAS ISLAND FLYING FOX

Photographed on Christmas Island, December 2016

99                   CHRISTMAS ISLAND FLYING FOX                      Pteropus melanotus

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                 99

Also known as Blyth's Flying Fox and Black-earred Flying Fox. Found on Christmas Island, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Inlands and Sumatra. Population on Christmas Island critically endangered. More diurnal than most bats. Feeds on fruits and flowers.