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Carnivorous Marsupials

Family Dasyuridae Ranging in size from the Tasmanian Devil with a head and body...

Possums and Gliders

This collection of marsupials includes 26 animals from six different Families. All are arboreal and have adaptations for this lifestyle.

Kangaroos and their relatives

Two families of animals are included in this grouping; the macropodoids and the potoroids. Members of both families have short forelimbs and...

Marsupials

Marsupials evolved in North America, found their way to South America, and then into Australia via Antarctica when the southern continents were...

Echidnas

The most widespread of the mammals in Australia, the Echidna is a small spiney anteater which can survive from arid conditions, forests...

Little Penguins

Little Penguins are the smallest of the species of penguin. Growing on average to a height of 33cm and a kilogram, with...