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Bilby

  • Conservation Status Vulnerable
  • Distribution Throughout Western Australia and Queensland
  • Life Span Up to 6-7 years
  • Gestation 12-14 days

Visit the Bilbies

Bilbies are shy, nocturnal creatures, native to Australia's desert regions. They spend their nights digging burrows or searching for seeds or insects to eat.

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary is proud to be part of the national Bilby breeding program in partnership with Save the Bilby Fund. Together, we’re working to create a vital insurance population that helps protect this iconic species from extinction in the wild. Learn more about Bilbies here.

A small marsupial with gray fur, large ears, and a long tail walks on sandy ground.

Fun Fact

Bilbies have strong back legs. They can jump 3 meters and dig burrows to stay safe, like having a built-in trampoline.

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We respectfully acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the greater Yugambeh language region, the Country on which Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and Hospital are situated today. We recognise their continuing connections to the land, sky, waters (waterways), and wildlife. We thank them for caring for this Country and its ecosystems.

We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and we pay our respect to Elders past and present.

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