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Animals of New Guinea

New Guinea shares many animals with northern Australia, like wallabies, bandicoots, quolls and echidnas, but it is best known for its birds of paradise and cassowaries.

Everything here is listed for New Guinea because its sources name it, not because it's near Australia.

12 animals, A to Z.

• 🐾BandicootAustralia and New Guinea, plus nearby islands such as the Bismarck Archipelago, Seram and Halmahera.
• 🐾Bird of paradiseMainly New Guinea, plus eastern Australia and the Maluku Islands.
• 🐾CassowaryNew Guinea, the Moluccas (Seram and Aru Islands) and northeastern Australia.
• 🦜CockatooAustralia, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, eastern Indonesia and the Philippines.
• 🐾EchidnaAustralia, including Tasmania, and New Guinea.
• 🦇Fruit batTropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Oceania; Papua New Guinea has the most species.
• 🦘KangarooAustralia and New Guinea.
• 🐾KookaburraAustralia, New Guinea and the Aru Islands; the laughing kookaburra was introduced to New Zealand, Tasmania and Western Australia.
• 🦎Monitor lizardAfrica, Asia and Oceania, including New Guinea and Australia; the Nile monitor is invasive in South Florida.
• 🐾QuollMainland Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea, now in much smaller areas than before.
• 🐍TaipanAustralia and New Guinea.
• 🦘WallabyAustralia and New Guinea; introduced to New Zealand, Hawaii and the UK.

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