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Some Australian marsupials are:
- kangaroo
- koala
- wombat
- Tasmanian devil
- numbat
- quoll
- dunnart
- phascogale
- dibbler
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 13y agoThere are not 3 kinds of marsupials, but over 330 species of marsupials. Some of them include:
- kangaroo (Red kangaroo, Eastern Grey)
- tree kangaroo
- wallaroo
- koala
- wombat
- Tasmanian devil
- wallaby (e.g. swamp wallaby, rock wallaby, hare-wallaby)
- bilby
- bandicoot
- quoll
- quokka
- pademelon
- potoroo
- numbat (does not have a pouch)
- possum (quite different to the North American opossum)
- opossum (not native to Australia)
- sugar glider and other gliders
- phascogale / tuan / wambenger
- dunnart
- antechinus (including the Little red kaluta) and false antechinus
- rat-kangaroo (not kangaroo-rat, which is not a marsupial)
- bettong
- cuscus
- kultarr
- mulgara
- ningaui
- dibbler
- planigale
- bettong
- kowari
- marsupial mole
- triok
- boodie
- woylie
- marsupial shrew
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∙ 14y agoSome different marsupials are: * antechinus * bandicoot * bettong * bilby * chuditch (Western Quoll) * dugong * Eastern quoll * feathertail glider * kangaroo * koala * musky rat-kangaroo * native hopping mouse * numbat * pademelon * phascogale * possum - various sorts, e.g. honey possum, ringtail, scrub * potoroo * quokka * quoll * rufous rat-kangaroo * sugar glider * Tasmanian wolf * wallaby * wombat
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∙ 11y agoSome kinds of marsupials include:
- kangaroo
- wallaby
- wallaroo
- potoroo
- bettong
- bandicoot
- bilby
- cuscus
- numbat
- koala
- Tasmanian devil
- wombat
- possum (not related at all to the North American opossum)
- glider
- marsupial mice, including phascogale, kowari, ningaui, antechinus, dunnart
- kultarr
- quokka
- quoll
- marsupial mole
Most marsupials are herbivorous, and some of the smaller marsupials are omnivorous.
There is another group of marsupials known as the dasyurids, which includes the carnivorous marsupial, e.g. Tasmanian devils, quolls, dibblers and the now extinct Thylacine.
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What is Australian name for arboreal marsupial?
Arboreal marsupials in Australia include:koalaquollphascogalepossumglider
What is the opossum's other name?
There are sometimes called possums. However, this name correctly belongs to a group of Australian marsupials.
What is the name for a group of wallabies?
A group of wallabies is usually referred to as a "mob", the common name for most groups of Australian marsupials (e.g. kangaroos, wombats, etc.)
A flightless Australian bird with three letters in its name?
Emu.
How did marsupials get their name?
Marsupials essentially got their name from the fact that the proper name for a marsupial's pouch is marsupium. Most (not all) marsupials have such a pouch. Some marsupials have nothing more than a flap of skin which helps secure the developing joey in place.
Name three mammals that eat insects?
if mammals include marsupials then; bilby, echidna and quoll. I (even if it is just curiosity).
Name of pouched animal in Australia?
Most marsupials have pouches. The pouched marsupials which are Australian animals include:kangaroowombatkoalapossumgliderTasmanian devilbandicootbilbypotorooquokkawallabywallaroopademelonphascogalequollrat-kangaroo (not kangaroo-rat)dunnartplanigalekultarrningauiwoylie
Only two marsupials lay eggs Both are Australian Name them?
No marsupials lay eggs. The only egg-laying mammals are monotremes, and the species in Australia are the platypus and the short-beaked echidna. Both the short-beaked echidna and the long-beaked echidna are found on the island of New Guinea.
What Australian state name contains three words?
New South Wales
What is the scientific name for pouched mammals?
Marsupials.
What marsupial has 7 letters in its name?
7 letter marsupials are:wallabydibblerningauibettongpotoroodunnartkultarr
What was the importance of the Tasmanian wolf?
The correct name for the Tasmanian wolf is Thylacine. Also known as the Tasmanian tiger (and not to be confused with the Tasmanian devil), this animal was an apex predator, one of the few Australian native marsupials at the top of the food chain. Its importance lay in helping to keep down the population of herbivorous marsupials and other animals.
