Big Cats Animals In Australia

Is it possible that large cats in Australia could be a completely unknown species of giant marsupial a product of convergent evolution where an animal similar to a predatory cat evolved in the outback.

Big cats animals in australia. In total this meant pet cats were killing 669m native mammals 797m native birds and 829m native reptiles every year. By Gary Opit One of the great mysteries of the Australian bush concerns the reported sightings of big cats usually described as pumas or black panthers. Their story is told in a documentary called The Hunt.

However Australia does have cat-like marsupials sometimes called Native Cats. Tracking Australias Big Cats - YouTube. These impressive birds are the largest raptors in Australia and here at Australia Zoo you can witness their power up.

As a result their environmental impact is considerably higher than in most other parts of the world. To prove the existence of a living population of big cats in the Australian bush creatures authorities deny exist. No such large studies have been made of the impact of cats in Australia.

Panthers and pumas are believed to be alive and well in the Australian bush. This animal I theorised may be a form of Marsupial Tiger still undiscovered species of carnivorous marsupial of which I have collected reports as far north as Cape York Cairns through the coastal mountain ranges to southern New South Wales. As for the panthers Vaughan believes they exist in Australia but he doesnt think theyre large marsupial cats.

Tigers are the largest big cats and are usually solitary. Come face-to-face with the bird that rules the Australian skies the mighty wedge-tailed eagle. If Captain Cook was not the first European to set foot here in Australia with several escapee cats then this may explain many of the reported aberrations of these Big Cats or dogs.

Many Aussies are certain they have seen mysterious black panthers in bushland and highways across Australia. Youd think with a nickname like king of the jungle lions would be the largest of the big cats. The second theory was that big cats arrived in australia with international military personnel as mascots and when the australian government told the defence forces to get rid of exotic animals.