Wildlife in Tasmania

Wildlife in Tasmania

Tasmania is home to many species of wildlife that are found nowhere else in Australia, and many of them are in great abundance. Being isolated from the mainland, Tasmania is almost free from predators such as foxes and dingoes that hunt native Australian wildlife.
Along the wild rivers and in the deep forests and mountain ranges you may find the Tasmanian devil, pademelons, spotted-tailed quolls, eastern quolls, the Forester kangaroo (mainland Eastern grey), Bennett’s wallabies, possums, wombats and platypus.

Along the coast you may encounter migratory shorebirds from as far afield as Siberia. Look for plovers, oystercatchers, black swans, egrets, cormorants, pelicans, terns, shearwaters and birds of prey. The coastline is also home to numerous marine mammals including dolphins, Australian fur seals, Southern right whales, Humpback whales and Little (fairy) penguins.

One of the most accessible places to see a wild Peregrine falcon in Australia is right in the heart of Hobart, Tasmania’s capital city.

Tasmania is also a little known but fantastic site for diving enthusiasts.