Endangered Animal # 1: Southern Dibbler

Endangered Animal #1 is the Souther Dibbler. Have you ever heard of this animal? No? Here is some information about him.

The Southern Dibbler is a mammal, and also a marsupial. A marsupial is an animal that has a pouch to carry its babies. The Southern Dibbler lives in Southwest Australia, where it lives in a sort of savannah habitat. It eats mice, birds, lizards, insects and other invertebrates. The Southern Dibbler is about 4-6" long, and its tail is about 4" long. It weighs only a few ounces.

People thought that this animal was extinct until 1967, when it was found in extreme Southwest Australia. They only found very few of them. In captivity, they can be found in only one zoo: the Perth Zoo in Australia, which has a colony of about 80-100 dibblers.