The opossum is found in the USA. Although it is sometimes referred to as a "possum", it is in fact a completely different animal to any of the possum species found in Australia.
A marsupial is a mammal that raises its young in a special pouch. Here are some sentences.A kangaroo is a marsupialThe teacher showed us a photo of a marsupial.There is only one marsupial that lives outside of Australia: the opossum.Marsupials have pouches where the baby lives after it is born.The little cuddly marsupial swung from tree to tree.A marsupial is an animal that carries it's young in a pouch. There are many marsupials in Australia.
I am a Marsupial Mole native to Australia.
The only marsupial to live in the US is the Virginia opossum.
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Karkarratul is the proper name for the Northern Marsupial Mole of Australia. It is a burrowing marsupial, spending most of its time underground, and it is blind.
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Arboreal means tree-dwelling.Herbivorous means feeding entirely on plant matter and vegetation.A marsupial is a pouched animal.Therefore, "arboreal herbivorous marsupial" means a marsupial that lives in trees and feeds on plants. An example would be the koala.
Opossum - this marsupial is not related to the possum which is native to Australia.
Arboreal means tree-dwelling.Herbivorous means feeding entirely on plant matter and vegetation.A marsupial is a pouched animal.Therefore, "arboreal herbivorous marsupial" means a marsupial that lives in trees and feeds on plants. An example would be the koala.
Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, is known for the quokka, a small wallaby-like marsupial.
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