All baby marsupials are known as "joeys", but the origin of the name is not known.
A baby bilby is called a joey. The bilby is a marsupial, and all marsupial young are known as joeys.
A baby koala is called a joey. It is not a 'cub', as it is not a bear. All marsupial young are called joeys.
Joeys.Young possums of any species are called joeys, as are the young of any marsupial.
A joey is a baby marsupial, so it is also a mammal.
Yes, joey is the name for a baby koala. Joey is, in fact, the term used for all marsupial young, including kangaroos, wallabies, wombats and Tasmanian devils, among others.
Yes. The correct name for all marsupial young is "joey".
No. Joey is the name gven to a baby kangaroo. In actual fact, the term refers to the young of any marsupial, such as koalas, Tasmanian devils, wombats, possums, quolls and so on.
Being a marsupial, a baby quoll is called a joey.
A joey is any baby marsupial, whether it be a kangaroo, wallaby, koala, wombat, Tasmanian devil or any of the numerous other marsupial species. All marsupial joeys, when first born, are pink and hairless, and about the size of a bean.
A baby thylacine was called a joey. All marsupial young are called joeys.
A baby wallaby is a joey. All marsupial young are called joeys.
A baby dunnart, like many marsupial young, is called a "joey".