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The thylacoleo was a large carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. This extinct diprotodont is notable for having one of the strongest bite forces ever recorded among mammals, proportionally greater than any living animal today. Its powerful jaws and specialized t...
The koala is a medium-sized marsupial belonging to the diprotodontia order and native to eastern Australia. Notable for its specialized diet of eucalyptus leaves, it relies on these leaves for sustenance. Koalas are primarily found in forests and woodlands and are particularly relevant to conservati...
Diprotodon was a massive extinct marsupial native to ancient Australia. It represents one of the largest land mammals ever to exist, reaching sizes comparable to modern rhinoceroses. This giant herbivore, belonging to the Diprotodontia group, thrived during the Pleistocene epoch until approximately...
The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat is a large marsupial native to Queensland, Australia. It’s notable as one of the planet’s most critically endangered mammal species with an estimated population of under 300. This diprotodont relies on dense scrub and sandstone ranges for survival. Zoologists, conserv...
The common wombat is a sizable, burrowing marsupial found in eastern Australia. It belongs to the diprotodontia group and is recognized by its distinctive cube-shaped feces, which it uses for scent marking and establishing territory. These animals are primarily herbivores and play an important role...
Australia's only hibernating marsupial (Burramys parvus), known from fossils since 1894 but first found alive in 1966 in Victoria's alpine ski-hut regions.
Australia's only strictly nectarivorous marsupial (Tarsipes rostratus), native to southwestern Western Australia, with a brush-tipped tongue specialized for extracting flower nectar.
An arid-adapted South Australian marsupial distinguished by its hairy nose and large ears, capable of surviving on poor-quality vegetation with minimal water intake.
An extinct genus of large Australian marsupials related to wombats and koalas, known from Miocene to Pleistocene fossils and inferred to have had a short trunk-like proboscis.
Australia's largest gliding marsupial, capable of gliding up to 100 metres, listed as endangered in 2022 following severe population losses from bushfires and logging.
A tree-dwelling marsupial endemic to northern New Guinea, notable for its vivid blue eyes and boldly spotted coat, inhabiting lowland and foothill rainforests.
The world's smallest possum (Cercartetus lepidus), native to southern Australia and Tasmania, with adults weighing as little as 7 grams.
Australia's most familiar possum, introduced to New Zealand in 1837 for the fur trade, where it became an invasive species now numbering in the tens of millions.
A large, arboreal marsupial found in New Guinea and northeastern Queensland, in which the male develops a striking white-and-brown spotted coat while females remain uniform brown.
A rainforest possum endemic to Queensland's Wet Tropics whose greenish appearance is produced by interspersed black, white, and yellow fur bands rather than actual green pigment.
A large, endangered cuscus endemic to northern New Guinea, threatened by intensive subsistence hunting and habitat loss across its restricted lowland rainforest range.
A highland cuscus from montane forests of New Guinea, recognized by its unusually dense, soft pelage adapted to cooler high-altitude environments.
A small ringtail possum restricted to the Wet Tropics rainforests of far north Queensland, listed as vulnerable due to its highly limited geographic range.
A widespread arboreal marsupial native to New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and parts of eastern Indonesia, making it one of the most broadly distributed cuscus species.
A stocky possum endemic to rocky escarpments of Australia's Northern Territory and Western Australia, uniquely adapted among possums to climbing bare rock faces.
A small nocturnal marsupial (Cercartetus concinnus) found across southern Australia, feeding on nectar and pollen and entering torpor during cold or dry periods.
A rare marsupial endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia, notable for its distinctive scaly, prehensile tail and being the sole species within its genus, Wyulda.
A large, slow-reproducing possum of southeastern Australia's wet sclerophyll forests, only formally recognized as a species distinct from the common brushtail in the 1990s.
A tiny nocturnal marsupial of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, weighing 15–43 grams and capable of entering torpor to survive cold or food-scarce periods.
A medium-sized ringtail possum endemic to Queensland's rainforests around the Herbert River, notable for exhibiting two distinct color morphs—dark brown and pale cream.
A New Guinea cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis) that, unlike most relatives, regularly forages on the forest floor as well as in the tree canopy.
A robust possum of eastern Australia's wet forests, notable for one of the lowest reproductive rates among possums, typically raising only one young per year.
A pygmy possum (Cercartetus caudatus) native to New Guinea and northeastern Queensland, distinguished by a prehensile tail markedly longer than its head and body.
One of the smallest ringtail possums, endemic to New Guinea's montane cloud forests above 2,000 metres, where it shelters in tree hollows and dense mossy vegetation.
A medium-sized arboreal marsupial endemic to the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea, one of several island-restricted cuscus species with a very limited range.
