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Ecology & Habitat
All mainland area of NSW from semi dessert to rain forest, patchy landscapes of native bush land and agricultural land.
The den is lined with grass and leaves.
Mainly carnivorous live pray insect fruits and berries.
Disturb and kill poultry, goats kids and domestic pet and farm animal.
Rust red fur with white chin and throat and white belly tail is bushy and white with pointy ears stand 16 inches tall and average weight is 7kg and very shy animal
Impact on domestic animals
kill 30% of new born animals
Carries number of disease and parasites including dog mange and rabies.
Decline ground nesting bird, small to medium mammals live the bilby, and green turtle
Considered to be a pest to all domestic and native animals
Where did they come from
Inhabited Europe, Asia and northern Africa
Introduced into Australia Melbourne between 1860-1870 for recreational hunting.
1879 southern NSW
1901 Northern Territory
1097 Queensland
Controlling method
•Baiting canachieve a quick reduction in numbers and is the most effective when used withother methods.
• Poisoning Pindone is aregistered rabbit poison poisoning occurs in late summer or early autumn.
• traps is not auseful technique for wide-scale fox control.
fences is both costlyand difficult.
•Trapping withoversize possum traps is not a useful technique for wide-scale fox control. •Scientists aredeveloping an agent thatwill control fox breeding. It is still too early to determine if it is likely to besuccessful.
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