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The animals commonly known as mice and rats are not marsupials, but placental mammals. However, there are some marsupials commonly termed "marsupial mice". The term "Marsupial mouse" covers a range of small, carnivorous marsupials in Australia, including the phascogale, dunnart, ningaui, planigale and antechinus, just to name a few.
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Does a rat kangaroo migrate?
Rat kangaroos do not migrate. No Australian marsupial migrates. They will move to where the food is, but this is not the same as migrating.
What family does the musky rat kangaroo belong to?
The Musky-rat kangaroo, like other kangaroos, is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae.
What is a marsupial called that has a pointed nose an grey-brown fur?
This would apply to many marsupial species. An opossum is one. Potoroo: A rat Kangaroo.
Is the kangaroo rat of North America a pouched mammal?
No. The kangaroo rat is not a pouched mammal, or marsupial. The kangaroo rat is completely unrelated to the marsupil known as the kangaroo; nor is it related to the rat-kangaroo, the smaller species of kngaroos.
Which marsupial is believed to be extinct?
There are numerous species of marsupials which are extinct. They include:Thylacine (aka Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf)Lesser BilbyToolache wallabyEastern hare-wallabybroad-faced potoroodesert bandicootdesert rat-kangaroo (not kangaroo rat, which is not a marsupial)Crescent nail-tail wallaby
What is a burrowing marsupial?
Wombats, bilbies, bandicoots, marsupial moles, antechinus and phascogales are just some of the many burrowing marsupial species.
How large are marsupial babies?
Extremely small, naked and helpless at birth.
What is a mulgara?
The mulgara is a small, burrowing, carnivorous marsupial which lives in the desert areas of Australia. It has an appearance similar to that of a small rat.
What is long tailed rodents?
The rat, the opposum, the squirrel for openers. Muskrat, rice rat, gerboa, gerbil, house mouse, any of various wild mice and rats or squirrels. The opossum is not a rodent, however, but a marsupial.
What is English meaning of Malayalam word peruchazhi?
hograt or bandicoot. Hograt is someone's own made word for "Panniyeli" But, bandicoot is a marsupial. Peruchazhi is not. This creature is exactly called "bandicoot rat". Bandicoot rat and bandicoot are somewhat identical in appearance. While 'bandicoot' is a marsupial, 'bandicoot rat' is only an ordinary mammal. It does not have a pouch. Peruchazhi (bandicoot rat) is a south Indian one, while the 'bandicoot' is an Australian one. Bandicoot is a popular term used in English. But, 'bandicoot rat' is not that much popular. If we like, we can call "Panniyeli" or "Peruchazhi" as 'hog-rat' for its size is bigger than that of an ordinary rat resembling sarcastically a hog or pig.
Is a red kangaroo a mammal?
No. Rodents are placental mammals and kangaroos are marsupials. The two are not even remotely related. Confusion can arise from the fact that there are kangaroo rats, which are rodents of North America, and rat-kangaroos which are marsupials, and members of the kangaroo family in Australia.
Are bandicoots native Australian animals?
True bandicoots are found only in Australia, but they are named after the unrelated Bandicoot-rat (not a marsupial) found in parts of Asia.
