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  2. Dasyuridae - Wikipedia

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    The Dasyuridae are a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 71 extant species divided into 17 genera. Many are small and mouse-like or shrew-like, giving some of them the name marsupial mice or marsupial shrews, but the group also includes the cat-sized quolls, as well as the Tasmanian devil. They are found in a wide ...

  3. List of monotremes and marsupials of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Australia is home to two of the five extant species of monotremes and the majority of the world's marsupials (the remainder are from Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and the Americas). The taxonomy is somewhat fluid; this list generally follows Menkhorst and Knight [ 1 ] and Van Dyck and Strahan, [ 2 ] with some input from the global list ...

  4. Category:Marsupials of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Marsupials of Australia; Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A. Australidelphia (5 C, 2 P) K. Koalas (3 C ...

  5. Mammals of Australia - Wikipedia

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    The mammals of Australia have a rich fossil history, as well as a variety of extant mammalian species, dominated by the marsupials, but also including monotremes and placentals. The marsupials evolved to fill specific ecological niches, and in many cases they are physically similar to the placental mammals in Eurasia and North America that ...

  6. Yellow-footed antechinus - Wikipedia

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    The yellow-footed antechinus (Antechinus flavipes), also known as the mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its sexual behavior . The male yellow-footed antechinus engages in such frenzied mating that its immune system becomes compromised, resulting in stress –related death before it is one ...

  7. Red kangaroo - Wikipedia

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    The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus [5]) is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial.It is found across mainland Australia, except for the more fertile areas, such as southern Western Australia, the eastern and southeastern coasts, and the rainforests along the northern coast.

  8. List of mammals of Australia - Wikipedia

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    Koala Humpback whale. A total of 386 species of mammals have been recorded in Australia and surrounding continental waters: 364 indigenous and 22 introduced. [1] The list includes 2 monotremes, 154 marsupials, 83 bats, 69 rodents (5 introduced), 10 pinnipeds, 2 terrestrial carnivorans (1 recent introduction, and 1 prehistoric introduction), 13 introduced ungulates, 2 introduced lagomorphs, 44 ...

  9. List of mammals of Western Australia - Wikipedia

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    Mammals in Western Australia include both native and introduced species. [1] Subclass: Prototheria ... Southern marsupial mole, Notoryctes typhlops DD; Order ...