HABITATBilbies live in dry parts of Australia - deserts and semi-deserts. They live in burrows like rabbits do and dig one to two metres underground to stay away from the heat of the desert. The bilby sleeps all day and hunts for its food at night.	FEEDINGThe bilby burrows into the ground for its food like termites, insect larvae and ants. They will also eat vegetable food such as bulbs, corms and the stems of plants.
CHARACTERISTICSThe bilby is a cute little marsupial which is light and delicate in build. Their fur is long, soft and silky and is a blue-grey colour. Its tail is long and is black and white and it has a white chest. The bilby has long ears (Australia's answer to the Easter Bunny). They can grow as big as a cat or rabbit.Being a marsupial, it has a pouch. Like other burrowing marsupials, the pouch opens at the back to stop sand and dirt from getting in. INFORMATION AND INTERESTING HABITSThe bilbies are endangered animals because they were hunted for their fur by the early settlers and are hunted by cats and foxes, both of which were introduced by Europeans. The foxes have the most devastating effects on the bilby. The early settlers sometimes kept the bilby as a house pet because they ate all the pests and insects.

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