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A Year 6-8 Science project Study Australia's major introduced pests and visit the links for more information, the worksheet can be used to complete the missing data. |

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| Animal | Year of introduction | Distribution | Impact on native wildlife |
| unknown | Australia-wide | predator | |
| black rat | 1788 | coastal Australia | eats eggs and young of native species |
| feral goat | 1788 | widespread | browses native plants |
| brown rat | about 1800 | coastal Australia | eats eggs and young of native species |
| feral cat1 cat2 | about 1800 | Australia-wide | predator |
| horse1 horse2 | about 1800 | North and central Australia and alps | competes for pasture |
| feral pig | about 1800 | Eastern and Northern Australia | opportunistic feeder more |
| water buffalo | 1825 | top end of Australia | destroys wetlands |
| one-humped camel | 1840 | central Australia | eats native plants picture other info |
| common starling | 1850's | South-eastern Australia | uses nesting sites picture |
| rabbit1 rabbit2 | 1858 | Australia-wide | competes for pasture |
| fox1 fox2 | 1860's | Australia-wide | predator |
| common mynah | 1862 | pockets on east coast | uses nesting sites more |
| donkey1 donkey2 | 1866 | Northern and central Australia | browses native plants more |
| European carp | 1908 | South-eastern Australia | muddies water, upsetting natural systems |
| cane toad | 1932 | Queensland | predator of small animals more |
Worksheet 2 is a blank version of worksheet 1 to make your own table of animal introduced pest.
An excellent resource book
and guide to Australia's endangered wildlife is:
Hermes, Neil - Australia's endangered wildlife - SLIB-32232918 - ISBN 0 86777 350 2
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