Marsupial Reference Libraries
The Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus), also locally known as the Yapok, is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. This creature is found in the freshwater streams and lakes in Mexico, Central and South America to Argentina, and is the only living aquatic marsupial. It spends its days in bank-side burrows and emerges after dark to swim and search for fish, crustaceans and other aquatic...
The Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus), also known as the Spotted-tail Quoll and the Spotted Quoll, is a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is the largest carnivorous marsupial found in Australia. Its range once extended from southern Queensland through coastal New South Wales and Victoria to Tasmania. The settlement of Europeans has caused population decline and the tiger quoll is now...
The Pig-footed Bandicoot (Chaeropus ecaudatus), was small, mostly herbivorous bandicoot of the arid and semi-arid plains of inland Australia. It had a wide range of habitat, from grassy woodland to grassland plains into even desert-like plains. It was studied in the 19th century in much of Australia, and the last specimen was collected in 1901. Aboriginal people claim that the species survived...
The Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) is a flying possum of the marsupial family Petauridae. It is one of the wrist-winged gliders of the Petaurus genus. Like most of the wrist-winged gliders, the Squirrel Glider is endemic to Australia. It is about twice the size of the related Sugar Glider (P. breiceps). The Squirrel Glider eats mostly fruit and insects. They can glide up to 16.4...
The Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps), sometimes called the Flying Sugar, is a small gliding possum. It is native to eastern and northern mainland Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarck Archipelago, and introduced to Tasmania. Physical description The Sugar Glider is around 6.3 to 7.5 in (16 to 20 cm) long, with a tail almost as long as the body. It weighs between 3 and 5.3 oz (90 to...
A kangaroo is any of several large macropods (the marsupial family that also includes the wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons and the Quokka: 63 species in all). The term kangaroo is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to all members of the macropod family. Kangaroos are endemic to the continent of Australia, while tree-kangaroos are found on both Australia and New Guinea....
A Bandicoot is any of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, land marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia. The other two species of peramelemorphs are the bilbies. Classification within the Peramelemorphia used to be simple. There were thought to be two families in the order. There are short-legged mostly herbivorous bandicoots, and the longer-legged nearly carnivorous bilbies....
The Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) is a small marsupial endemic to western and central Australia. The Numbat is the sole member of the genus Myrmecobius and the family Myrmecobiidae. It is one of the three families that make up the order Dasyuromorphia, the generalized marsupial carnivores. Taxonomy and distribution The old common name for the Numbat, "Banded Anteater", has fallen into...
The Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), also referred to simply as 'the devil', is a carnivorous marsupial now found only in the Australian island state of Tasmania. The Tasmanian Devil is the only remaining member of the genus Sarcophilus. It is the size of a small dog, but stocky and muscular. The Tasmanian Devil is the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. It is distinct with its...
The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) is a large carnivorous marsupial native to Australia, which is thought to have become extinct in the 20th century. It is also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, Tasmanian Wolf, Marsupial Wolf, and the Tassie (or Tazzy) Tiger or simply the Tiger. It was the only member of its genus, Thylacinidae, although a number of related species have been found in the...
