Woylie

Woylies are also known as brush-tailed rat-kangaroos, for the distinctive black brush at the end of their long tail. Curling their flexible tail to carry grass and other vegetation, woylies build dome-shaped nests out of grass and other vegetation.

Though woylies are usually solitary, mothers with young in tow may share nests.

A woylie can move six tons of soil per year in nocturnal diggings in search of its favourite food: truffles. By ‘tilling’ the soil, it helps to spread fungal spores, facilitating new growth in its habitat.

Woylies store seed in their cheek pouches, burying them for later consumption. This scatter-hoarding behaviour helps with seed dispersal, resulting in flora regeneration.