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Wins second place in Australian Mammal of the Year!
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They’re also highly variable in their size and appearance. Though their tan coat may be the most iconic, dingoes may also be black, black and tan, black and white, brindled, ginger, sable, white or a patchy mixture of colours.
You can read more about the dingo here.
Dingo. Credit: Angus Emmott
Rounding out the top 10:
Lastly, thank you readers and voters. You’ve come along on the journey with us, learning, exploring and spreading the word about the competition and our incredible native mammals.
We can’t wait for next year.
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In second place, well done to the dingo!
Coming second this year is the dingo. As Australia’s largest land-based apex predator, dingoes play an important ecological role in ecosystems by suppressing feral cats, red foxes, and the over-abundance of native herbivores and omnivores.They’re also highly variable in their size and appearance. Though their tan coat may be the most iconic, dingoes may also be black, black and tan, black and white, brindled, ginger, sable, white or a patchy mixture of colours.
You can read more about the dingo here.
Dingo. Credit: Angus EmmottRounding out the top 10:
- Mountain Pygmy Possum
- Rakali
- Gilbert’s potoroo
- Platypus
- Dugong
- Eastern barred bandicoot
- Northern quoll
- Southern brown bandicoot
Australian Mammal of the Year will be back next year.
Thanks and gratitude is due to the mammal experts who contributed their time and expertise to writing almost 50 articles about our nominated mammal species for our website. These articles have been read over 100,000 times and have been distributed to regional news publications through our partnership with Australian Community Media.Lastly, thank you readers and voters. You’ve come along on the journey with us, learning, exploring and spreading the word about the competition and our incredible native mammals.
We can’t wait for next year.
