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There are seven orders of marsupials, divided into many families which are then divided into over 330 species. It is too difficult to list all the species here, but 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
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