0
A wallaby, a rock-wallaby, a nail-tail wallaby, a wallaroo, a dorcopsis wallaby, a tree-kangaroo, a Quokka, a Swamp Wallaby, a pademelon, and a hare-wallaby are all smaller relatives of the kangaroo.
However, the only ones to fit the description of "small" are the quokka, pademelon, potoroo and the bettong. The smallest of all the kangaroo family is the musky rat-kangaroo, which is an average of 23 cm in length.
What else can I help you with?
Is a rat a marsupial?
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.
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.
How large are marsupial babies?
Extremely small, naked and helpless at birth.
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 small kangaroo like a marsupial?
There are many smaller relatives of the kangaroo. The quokka, pademelon, potoroo and the bettong are all small kangaroo-like marsupials. The smallest of all the kangaroo family is the musky rat-kangaroo, which is an average of 23 cm in length.
What name of a marsupial begins with the letter A?
The marsupial is an "antechinus", which is a small pouched animal like a mouse or shrew.
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.
How did the bilby get its name?
The word "bilby" comes from the aboriginal language Yuwaalaraay and is said to mean "long-nosed rat". The bilby is a small marsupial with a long snout.
What is a wallibie?
A small marsupial; It looks something like a baby kangaroo
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.
Which marsupial lives on Rottnest Island in Australia?
Rottnest Island, off the coast of Western Australia, is known for the quokka, a small wallaby-like marsupial.
Small marsupial with long narrow noses and tails like rats with the letters candiboots?
The animal is a bandicoot. Would you like to know the rest of the Animals in Australia worksheet answers? Here they are: 1) marsupial 2) koala 3) eucalyptus 4) kangaroo 5) wallaby 6) wombat 7) dugong 8) platypus 9) emu 10) echidna 11) skink 12) dingo 13) cassowary 14) kukaburro 15) bandicoots 16) lyrebird 17) Tasmanian devil 18) weaverbird
