Marsupials

Extremely small, naked and helpless at birth.

Quokkas graze; they feed on grasses, sedges, succulents, and foliage of shrubs. People sometimes feed them bread and other foods but this may kill the Quokka. Where they live on Rottnest Island, water is especially scarce during summer, meaning that the quokkas rely on succulents for their water needs - which is why bread and dry foods are so dangerous.

This is because they spread the disease Btb to farm animals making them sick and causing a reduction in stock numbers and therefore a reduction in profits. They also eat native trees and birds eggs.

The vast majority of all marsupial species are nocturnal.

The two exceptions which are truly diurnal are the numbat of Western Australia, and the musky rat-kangaroo of far North Queensland.

You cannot tell when a sugar glider is pregnant. The gestation period in marsupials is short, and the young joeys are bean-sized. It is only possible to tell when a female sugar glider is carrying joeys in her pouch when they grow much larger.

A numbat is a small, squirrel-sized, insectivorous marsupial of Australia. Unlike most marsupials, it does not have a pouch for the young, but the joeys cling to the mother's underbelly fur whilst attached to a teat.

The numbat has red-brown fur with six or seven white stripes across its back. It has a relatively long, bushy tail and long ears. It has a black horizontal stripe running through each eye.

A numbat feeds almost exclusively on termites, although it will sometimes eat other types of ants. It has sharp claws for digging into termite mounds, but it also digs out termites from under logs and underground, being able to detect them with its very sensitive nose. It has a long, sticky tongue for collecting the termites.

Sugar Gliders are gentle creatures and don't bite if they are NOT bothered. Though, if bitten you should have a first aid kit with you in case it's serious. If it's bleeding put a band-aid on it and get out of the forest.

About 98% of marsupials are found in Australia.

The remainder of marsupial species are found in New Guinea, some islands of Indonesia, and many more are found in Central and South America. There is also one species of marsupial, the Opossum, in North America. Brushtail Possums and wallabies have also been introduced to New Zealand, but they are not native to the islands.

The differences are that placental have embryos that develop inside the mother body. The embryo grows in the placenta, which attaches the embryo to the uterus. The placenta carry's food and water to the mothers blood and carries waste from the embryo. A female monotreme lays eggs then uses energy to keep the eggs warm. She feeds them milk when they hatch. Of course, monotremes do not have nipples, so the babies lick the milk from the skin and hair around their mothers mammary glands. Finally, marsupials give birth to live young. Until big enough, marsupial babies or newborns are carried in a mothers pouch for several months.

Numbats use their long, sticky tongues for catching termites.

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

In 2005, the Australian Museum attempted to clone the Thylacine, but the attempt was abandoned due to the lack of necessary equipment and facilities. At this stage, it is not considered viable to make any new attempts, but there may be better technology for another experiment in the future.

Officially, none.

There have been no confirmed sightings of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, since the last one died in Hobart Zoo in September 1936.

No. Scientific and fossil evidence indicates the Tasmanian tiger, or Thylacine, was a solitary animal that lived and hunted alone.Suggestions have been made that the Thylacine hunted in packs for larger prey, but this is only a theory.

This is subject to some debate. Generally, most authorities consider the Tasmanian tiger extinct, but there are persistent unconfirmed reports of sightings, both in Tasmania and in nearby parts of the Australian mainland.

This animal is also known as the Tasmanian wolf, or the thylacine. On the news, its said that the Tasmanian tiger is extinct many years ago. But the scientist found a Tasmanian tiger. They said that this is the first time an animal that is extinct has come back to life.

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The Thylacine (also known as the Tasmanian Tiger and Tasmanian Wolf), became extinct in the 20th century. The last known specimen died in the Hobart Zoo in 1936.

There is highly disputed evidence that a very small number may yet still exist in the Tasmanian wilderness, but nobody has seen, photographed or trapped one.

It is said that the last Tasmanian tiger, or Thylacine, which died in the Hobart Zoo in 1936, died partially from starvation and partially from exposure. Not enough was known about the needs of this native marsupial, and it was, quite simply, not cared for properly.

The Tasmanian tiger, or Thylacine, was about 100cm-110cm in length, with its tail half the length of its body again. The largest measured specimen was 9.5 ft from nose to tail (289cm - just short of 3 m). Adults stood about 40-60 cm at the shoulder and weighed 15-30 kilograms, or 33 to 66 lb. The males were larger than females on average.

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The Tasmanian tiger, or Thylacine, lived in dry eucalyptus bushland of Tasmania, wetlands and grassland. Fossil evidence suggests that it may once have been widespread throughout the Australian mainland, and even the island of New Guinea, but no records exist to suggest its preferred habitat in those regions.

The Thylacine, sometimes known as the Tasmanian tiger, is now extinct. It was a carnivorous marsupial, or dasyurid, native to Australia. It had an unusually large gape, and was able to open its mouth up to 120 degrees.