2. Type Of Animal A bilby is a kind of bandicoot. It has a black tail with a white tip. It has silky silver fur.
3. diet Because there is little surface water in places where bilbies live, the animals get their moisture from their food. They eat insects such as termites, as well as seeds, fruit and fungi.
4. habitat The Greater Bilby lives in semi-desert areas with loose soil. Some of his favourites are woodland, savannah, and grassland. The Greater Bilby is found in small, scattered spots in the Tanami Desert in the Northern Territory, and in the Great Sandy Desert, Pilbara and Kimberley areas of Western Australia.
5. Life-cycle The females generally give birth to two young at a time. Like all marsupials, the young are born after a very short pregnancy, so they are tiny and hardly developed. They move into the mother's pouch, where they stay as they grow and finish their development. They drink milk produced by their mother. The young stay in the pouch for about 75 days, after which they are kept in a nesting burrow.
6. Why is it endangered Bilbies are classified asVulnerable in Australia (but are endangered in the state of Queensland) because they have to compete for food with introduced animals such as rabbits and cattle. Cattle also trample their burrows. Bilbies are preyed on by foxes. There are now attempts to re-introduce the Bilby into areas where it used to thrive. The Lesser Bilby, the other of the two species, or kinds, of bilby, is thought to be extinct, as none has been seen since 1931.
7. DO YOU FILL SORRY FOR THE LITTLE BILBYS!!!! Bilbies are so cute. Do you want to hug them 3c. Thank you for listening 3C.
