2009 $1 Land Series Bilby Coloured Uncirculated Coin

The Bilby is a type of bandicoot, with soft greyish fur, large ears and a black, white-tipped tail. They can be found in mulga shrublands and spinifex grasslands from south- west Queensland to the northern parts of Western Australia. Bilbies eat a specialised diet of seeds, insects, bulbs, fruit and fungi. Bilbies live in burrows and have poor eyesight but have an excellent sense of smell for finding food. These small marsupials are slowly becoming extinct. Sales of chocolate ‘Easter Bilbies’ help preserve this vulnerable species.