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* Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area

* Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area

Because of its isolation from mainland Australia, [[fox]]es and [[rabbit]]s are not there. People are [[forbidden]] to bring them into the island. Registration and microchipping of cats is complulsory.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Kangaroo Island Council|url=http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Dog_and_Cat_Management_Plan_2005_MD_App.pdf|title=Dog and Cat Management Plan|year=2005|accessdate=2008-07-03|format=PDF|archive-date=2009-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518205825/http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Dog_and_Cat_Management_Plan_2005_MD_App.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>  

Because of its isolation from mainland Australia, [[fox]]es and [[rabbit]]s are not there. People are [[forbidden]] to bring them into the island. Registration and microchipping of cats is complulsory.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Kangaroo Island Council|url=http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Dog_and_Cat_Management_Plan_2005_MD_App.pdf|title=Dog and Cat Management Plan|year=2005|accessdate=2008-07-03|archive-date=2009-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518205825/http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/Dog_and_Cat_Management_Plan_2005_MD_App.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>  

The [[western grey kangaroo |Kangaroo Island kangaroo]], [[Rosenberg's sand goanna]], [[southern brown bandicoot]], [[Tammar wallaby]], [[common brushtail possum]], [[short-beaked Echidna]] and [[New Zealand fur seal]] are native to the island, as well as six [[bat]] and [[frog]] species. The sole [[endemism|endemic]] (found nowhere else) vertebrate species is a small marsupial carnivore called the [[Kangaroo Island dunnart]]. The [[koala]], [[common ringtail possum]] and ''[[Platypus]]'' have been introduced and still survive there. Kangaroo Island had a native species of [[emu]], the [[Kangaroo Island emu]] which became extinct between 1802 and official European settlement in 1836. Perhaps this was caused by [[bushfire]]s or [[hunting]] by sealers or whalers.

The [[western grey kangaroo |Kangaroo Island kangaroo]], [[Rosenberg's sand goanna]], [[southern brown bandicoot]], [[Tammar wallaby]], [[common brushtail possum]], [[short-beaked Echidna]] and [[New Zealand fur seal]] are native to the island, as well as six [[bat]] and [[frog]] species. The sole [[endemism|endemic]] (found nowhere else) vertebrate species is a small marsupial carnivore called the [[Kangaroo Island dunnart]]. The [[koala]], [[common ringtail possum]] and ''[[Platypus]]'' have been introduced and still survive there. Kangaroo Island had a native species of [[emu]], the [[Kangaroo Island emu]] which became extinct between 1802 and official European settlement in 1836. Perhaps this was caused by [[bushfire]]s or [[hunting]] by sealers or whalers.

== Tourism ==

== Tourism ==

The island is a major tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tomm.info/reports_factsheets/visitor_exit_surveys/index.aspx|title=Visitor Exit Surveys|date=2005-2006|accessdate=2007-06-22|author=Kangaroo Island Tourism Optimisation Model}}</ref>

The island is a major tourist attraction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tomm.info/reports_factsheets/visitor_exit_surveys/index.aspx|title=Visitor Exit Surveys|date=2005–2006|accessdate=2007-06-22|author=Kangaroo Island Tourism Optimisation Model|archive-date=2007-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521004636/http://www.tomm.info/reports_factsheets/visitor_exit_surveys/index.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==

== References ==