Fauna and Flora
The vegetation of the Great Sandy Desert is dominated by spinifex.
Animals occurring in the region include feral camels, dingos, goannas (including the large Perentie) and numerous species of lizard and birds. Other animal inhabitants include Bilbies, Mulgara, Marsupial mole, Rufous Hare-wallaby, Thorny Devils, Bearded Dragons, and the Red Kangaroo.
Some of the bird-life found within the desert include the rare Alexandra's Parrot, the Mulga Parrot and the Scarlet-chested Parrot.
It is an Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) region.
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