Why have I not seen a bilby yet?
In earlier times, bilbies were found across large areas of Australia, but numbers have declined rapidly in the last one hundred years because of competition for food with farm livestock, and feral rabbits introduced into Australia since European settlement. Other feral animals introduced into Australia, and not native to the Continent, such as feral cats and foxes, have also severely depleted bilby numbers by preying upon them for food, to the point that they have been officially classified nationally, internationally and in the Northern Territory, as Vulnerable to Extinction, while in
Queensland under their state legislation the bilby is classified as endangered.The Bilby is importimt in Australia because bilby is not in any country in the world except Australia.
Bilby do not drink water but they eat food.


