Caversham Wildlife Park is a wildlife park currently located in Whiteman Park in Western Australia. It is home to several Australian animals including kangaroos, koalas, possums, wallabies, wombats and Tasmanian devils.[1]
| Caversham Wildlife Park | |
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| 31°50′02″S 115°56′59″E / 31.8339°S 115.9497°E | |
| Date opened | 2003 (Current location) |
| Location | Whiteman, Western Australia |
| No. of animals | 2000+ |
| No. of species | 200+ |
| Memberships | ZAA |
| Website | www |
It was originally located in the locality of Caversham. The Park was bought by a couple, David and Pat, in 1988 and covered 2 hectares (4.9 acres) of land. It was later doubled in size when the couple bought the adjoining property and increased the number of animals.[2]
It shifted into Whiteman Park in 2003.[3]
Animals and exhibits
editMarsupials
- Red kangaroo (in both their normal and albino morphs)
- Western grey kangaroo
- Swamp wallaby
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby
- Red-necked wallaby
- Agile wallaby
- Tammar wallaby
- Quokka
- Common wallaroo
- Sugar glider
- Squirrel glider
- Greater glider
- Brush-tailed possum
- Rufous bettong
- Brush-tailed bettong
- Long-nosed potoroo
- Koala
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat
- Common wombat
- Tiger quoll
- Tasmanian devil
Other Mammals
- Dingo
- Red fox
- Spectacled flying fox
- Grey-headed flying fox
- Short-beaked echidna
- Water buffalo
- Various farm animals such as horses, llamas, sheepdogs
Birds
- Southern cassowary
- Emu
- Ostrich
- Laughing kookaburra
- Blue-winged kookaburra
- Wedge-tailed eagle
- Black-breasted buzzard
- Bush thick-knee
- Australian bustard
- Black swan
- Tawny frogmouth
- Powerful owl
- Morepork
- Lesser sooty owl
- Common barn owl
- Australian wood duck
- Pacific black duck
- Australian shelduck
- Magpie goose
- Little penguin
- Silver gull
- Australian pelican
- Rainbow lorikeet
- Galah
- Gang-gang cockatoo
- Eclectus parrot
- Red-tailed black cockatoo
- Sulphur-crested cockatoos and many other brightly-coloured species of birds
Reptiles and amphibians
Snakes
- Woma python
- Black-headed python
- Olive python
- Water python
- Carpet python
- Amethystine python
- Dugite
- Coastal taipan
- Common death adder
- Brown tree snake
- Tiger snake
- King brown snake
Lizards
- Northern blue-tongued skink
- Shingleback lizard
- Central bearded dragon
- Frilled dragon
- Perentie
- Lace monitor
- Merten's water monitor
- Emerald tree monitor
- Crocodile monitor
- Spiny-tailed gecko
- Crested bicycle dragon
- Lozenge-marked dragon
- Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink
- Fraser's delma
- Marble-faced delma
Crocodiles and turtles
- Freshwater crocodile
- Pig-nosed turtle
- New Guinea snake-necked turtle
- Northern red-faced turtle
- Mary River turtle
- New Guinea snapping turtle
Amphibians
Notes
edit- ^ "Caversham Wildlife Park". Whiteman Park.
- ^ "Our Story". Caversham Wildlife Park.
- ^ "Stars share the billing at wildlife park", Australasian Business Intelligence, COMTEX News Network, Inc: 1008142i3890, 23 May 2003, ISSN 1320-6680