Some smaller species of this largest marsupial live in the trees of New Guinea
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Fauna of New Guinea - Wikipedia  The fauna of New Guinea comprises a large number of species of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates and amphibians. As the world's largest and highest tropical island, New Guinea occupies less .... Many small, herbivorous possum species are native to New Guinea. These include the families: Acrobatidae,...
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List of Marsupial Animals | Animals - mom.me  Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea are home to more than 50 species of ... plains, can be up to six feet tall; gray kangaroos are smaller and found in woodlands. ... Found in eastern and southeastern Australia, koalas live in eucalyptus trees, the ... Tasmanian devils, the largest carnivorous marsupial, consume fish, insects,...
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New Guinea mammals | WWF  While some mammals crossed this divide, the unfavourable ecological conditions ... largest known marsupial at more than 2.5 tonnes) once roamed New Guinea. Over time however, the Forests of New Guinea have favoured smaller animals, ... All 6 species of tree kangaroos in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are endemic to the...
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Marsupial - Wikipedia  Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials ... Ossified patellae are absent in most modern marsupials (though a small ... The largest living marsupial, the red kangaroo, grows up to 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) in ... Some species show resemble higher mammals and are examples of...
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Sugar glider - Wikipedia  P. b. breviceps. P. b. longicaudatus. P. b. ariel. P. b. papuanus. P. b. tafa. P. b. flavidus. P. b. biacensis. Synonyms. P. (Belideus) breviceps, Waterhouse 1839. P. (Belideus) notatus, Peters 1859. P. kohlsi, Troughton 1945. The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and ... The sugar glider is endemic to mainland Australia, New Guinea and certain...
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List of Marsupial Animals | Animals - mom.me  Australia, Tasmania and New Guinea are home to more than 50 species of kangaroos and wallabies, known as macropods, due to the large feet of these marsupials. The largest, the red kangaroo of Australia's inland plains, can be up to six feet tall; gray kangaroos are smaller and found in woodlands.
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Marsupial - Wikipedia  Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials ... The remaining 100 are found in the Americas  primarily in South America, but thirteen in Central ... Marsupials have the typical characteristics of mammalse.g., a fur coat. There ... A pouch is present in some but not all species.
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ANIMAL KINGDOM :: MARSUPIAL MAMMALS :: EXAMPLES OF ...  The 260 or so species live on land or in trees in Oceania and the Americas. ... Omnivorous nocturnal marsupial of the Americas and Australia without a pouch; its fur is ... Tailless nocturnal marsupial of Australia; this solitary tree-dweller lives in...
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List of Marsupial Animals | Animals - mom.me  The largest, the red kangaroo of Australia's inland plains, can be up to six feet tall; ... There are three species: the common wombat, northern hairy-nosed wombat and ... North America is home to one species, the Virginia opossum, known to "play ... She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Columbia University and lives in...
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Notes from Down Under 1: Is it a rat? Is it a kangaroo? No, it's a ...  Feb 4, 2011 ... Like other marsupials, these small short-tailed wallabies are ... Family of quokkas on Rottnest Island (photo: Hesperian, source: ... it is also no surprise that such tribute took the form of a giant quokka. ... read Bill Bryson's Down Under (UK)/In a Sunburned Country (US) or ... They get up to 18 meters long
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New Guinea - Wikipedia  New Guinea is a large Island in the South West Pacific region. It is the world's second-largest ... New Guinea is an island to the north of Australia, but south of the equator. .... Yet the two land masses share a similar animal fauna, with marsupials, ... After the Dutch New Guinea Dispute it is now two Indonesian provinces:.
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15 of the World's Most Adorable Miniature Animals - WebEcoist  Dec 17, 2008 ... The tree-dwelling pygmy marmoset is the world's smallest monkey, with adults only reaching up to 5 inches in length and 6 ounces in weight. ... Pygmy marmosets, whose natural habitat is the western Amazon rainforest of South America, ... Barely discernible among the bark and leaves of Madagascar, the...
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Some species of this marsupial in South America have a ... - YouTube  Jun 29, 2016 ... Phascolomis ursinus, this burrowing marsupial of Australia, resembles a small bear # Quiz # Question. 0:29. Amazing Videos. No views...
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Marsupial | San Diego Zoo Animals  Range: North America, Central America, South America, Australia, and New Guinea ... Well, marsupials are the kinds of animals that can do this. They are known...
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This mammal has the world's slowest metabolism | Science News for ...  Jul 6, 2016 ... Both families live in trees throughout Central and South America where they eat leaves. ... It has a low metabolic rate but not as low as its three-toed cousins. ... more types of sloths and other arboreal folivores, Pauli and his colleagues argue. ... hibernation A state of inactivity that some animals enter to save...
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The Primates: Apes  Gibbons and orangutans live in Southeast Asia, while gorillas, chimpanzees, and ... Among the monkeys, only a few New World species have the capability, and they don't ... All of the great apes have the anatomical characteristics that allow...
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sandy wallabies - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus  "sandy wallabies" is a plural form of "sandy wallaby": a small wallaby having a ... Type of: wallaby  kangaroo  marsupial  metatherian ... a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and New Guinea. ... A taxonomic genus within the family Macropodidae -- marsupials including the ... They are found chiefly in Australia.
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wallaby | marsupial | Britannica.com  Jan 27, 2016 ... They are found chiefly in Australia. ... The two species of hare wallabies (Lagorchestes) are small animals that have the movements and some...
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Birds of Australia  Birds of Paradise - most are in New Guinea, but Australia has four species ... Brush turkey -; Malleefowl -; Lyrebird - our largest songbird, and quite a remarkable one ... Some are common in bushland (open forest and woodland) areas where ... Frogmouths - these have very wide gapes and are camouflaged to like like part...
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All About Orangutans - EnchantedLearning.com  These apes mostly live in trees (they are arboreal) and swing from branch to branch using their arms. ... The largest males have an arm span of about 7.5 feet (2.3 m). ... Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (From Borneo, with a round face and dark red hair;) ... Class Mammalia (warm-blooded animals with fur and mammary glands)...
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Monkeys - Animal Facts and Information  Old World monkeys are found in Africa and Asia, while New World monkeys live in ... There are currently about 260 living species of monkey, with more species in Brazil ... Some use basic tools and many can be taught to obey basic commands. ... Monkeys eat a variety of things and are not limited to either only herbivore or...