How many types of marspials are there?

Answer 1

There are about 334 species of marsupials, over 200 of them native to Australia and nearby islands to the north. There are also many extant species in South America and, as a result of the Great American Interchange there is also one species (the Virginia Opossum) which is native to North America.

The best known marsupials, native to Australia, are kangaroos, koalas and wombats.

Answer 2

There are 336 species of marsupials in the world. There are 95 opossums, 6 shrew opossums, the Monito del Monte, 2 mulgaras, the Kowari, the Little Red Kaluta, 6 quolls, 4 species of Myoictis, the Speckled Dasyure, the Dibbler, 2 marsupial shrews, the Sandstone Dibbler, 5 false antechinuses, the Tasmanian Devil, 10 antechinuses, the Habbema Dasyure, the Black-Tailed Dasyure, the Short-Furred Dasyure, the Broad-Striped Dasyure, the Long-Nosed Dasyure, 2 phascogales, the Kultarr, 3 ningauis, 21 dunnarts, 5 planigales, the Numbat, the Greater Bilby, 19 bandicoots, 2 marsupial moles, the Koala, 3 wombats, 22 cuscuses, 5 brushtail possums, the Scaly-Tailed Possum, 5 pygmy possums, the Honey Possum, 3 trioks, the Striped Possum, the Leadbeater's Possum, 6 gliders, 16 Ringtail Possums, the Greater glider, the Feather-Tailed Possum, the Feathertail Glider, 4 kangaroos, 2 wallaroos, 7 wallabies, the Banded Hare-Wallaby, 6 Dorcopsises, 12 tree-kangaroos, 2 other Hare-Wallbies, 2 nail-tail wallabies, 16 rock-wallabies, the Quokka, the Swamp Wallaby, 7 pademelons, 2 bettongs, the Boodie, the Woylie, 3 potoroos, the Rufous Rat-Kangaroo, and the Musky Rat-Kangaroo.

Answer 3

There are believed to be over 330 species of marsupials.

There are marsupials which are carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous, insectivorous and even fructivorous.

There are terrestrial marsupials and arboreal marsupials.

Some of the many marsupials 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

Answer 4

There are seven orders of marsupials, divided into many families. The families and family members are:

• Macropodidae: kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies, pademelons, tree-kangaroos, quokkas, rat-kangaroos
• Potoroidae: Rufous rat-kangaroo, bettongs and potoroos
• Petauridae: striped possums, gliders and Leadbeater's Possum
• Phalangeridae: Brushtail possums and cuscuses
• Phascolarctidae: koalas
• Pseudocheiridae Ringtailed Possums
• Didelphidae: Opossums, including the yapok
• Vombatidae: wombats
• Dasyuridae, or carnivorous marsupials: Tasmanian devil, mulgara, kaluta, kowari, dasyure, dibbler, quoll, marsupial shrew, false antechinus, antechinus, phascogale, planigale, ningaui, dunnart, Thylacine (now extinct)
• Myrmecobiidae: numbat
• Notoryctidae: marsupial moles
• Caenolestidae: shrew opossum
• Thylacomyidae: Greater bilby, Lesser bilby (now extinct)
• Peramelidae: bandicoots
• Chaeropodidae: Pig-footed bandicoot (now extinct)
• Microbiotheriidae: Monito del Monte

Answer 5

There are believed to be over 330 species of marsupials. They include:

• kangaroo (Red kangaroo, Eastern Grey)
• wallaroo
• koala
• wombat
• Tasmanian devil
• wallaby (e.g. swamp wallaby, rock wallaby)
• bilby
• bandicoot
• quoll
• quokka
• pademelon
• potoroo
• numbat
• possum
• opossum (not native to Australia)
• sugar glider (and other gliders)
• phascogale
• dunnart
• antechinus
• rat-kangaroo (not kangaroo-rat, which is not a marsupial)
• cuscus
• kultarr
• kaluta
• mulgara
• ningaui
• dibbler
• planigale
• bettong
• itjaritjari and kakarratul (southern and northern marsupial mole)

Answer 6

There are around 334 marsupial species in the world.