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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
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