All baby marsupials are known as "joeys", but the origin of the name is not known.
A baby bilby is called a joey. The bilby is a marsupial, and all marsupial young are known as joeys.
A baby koala is called a joey. It is not a 'cub', as it is not a bear. All marsupial young are called joeys.
Joeys.Young possums of any species are called joeys, as are the young of any marsupial.
A joey is a baby marsupial, so it is also a mammal.
Yes. The correct name for all marsupial young is "joey".
Yes, joey is the name for a baby koala. Joey is, in fact, the term used for all marsupial young, including kangaroos, wallabies, wombats and Tasmanian devils, among others.
No. Joey is the name gven to a baby kangaroo. In actual fact, the term refers to the young of any marsupial, such as koalas, Tasmanian devils, wombats, possums, quolls and so on.
Being a marsupial, a baby quoll is called a joey.
A joey is any baby marsupial, whether it be a kangaroo, wallaby, koala, wombat, Tasmanian devil or any of the numerous other marsupial species. All marsupial joeys, when first born, are pink and hairless, and about the size of a bean.
A baby thylacine was called a joey. All marsupial young are called joeys.
A baby wallaby is a joey. All marsupial young are called joeys.
A baby dunnart, like many marsupial young, is called a "joey".