| Caversham Wildlife Park | |
|---|---|
| 31°50′02″S 115°56′59″E / 31.8339°S 115.9497°E / -31.8339; 115.9497 | |
| Date opened | 2003 (Current location) |
| Location | Whiteman, Western Australia |
| No. of animals | 2000+ |
| No. of species | 200+ |
| Memberships | ZAA |
| Website | www |
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.
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.
It shifted into Whiteman Park in 2003.
Animals and exhibits
Marsupials
- 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
- Green tree frog
- White-lipped tree frog
- Motorbike frog
- Barred frog
- Green-thighed frog
- Magnificent tree frog
Notes
- "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
