List of monotremes and marsupials
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The class Mammalia is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg-laying mammals (monotreme
s) and mammals which give live birth (theria
ns). The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (marsupial
s) and placental mammals (eutheria
ns).
This list contains the monotremes and marsupials. For placental mammals, see List of placental mammals.
Order Didelphimorphia
Order Paucituberculata (shrew opossum
Order Microbiotheria
Order Dasyuromorphia
Order Peramelemorphia
Suborder Vombatiformes
Suborder Macropodiformes
Monotreme
Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young like marsupials and placental mammals...
s) and mammals which give live birth (theria
Theria
Theria is a subclass of mammals that give birth to live young without using a shelled egg, including both eutherians and metatherians . The only omitted extant mammal group is the egg-laying monotremes....
ns). The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (marsupial
Marsupial
Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with thirteen in Central...
s) and placental mammals (eutheria
Eutheria
Eutheria is a group of mammals consisting of placental mammals plus all extinct mammals that are more closely related to living placentals than to living marsupials . They are distinguished from noneutherians by various features of the feet, ankles, jaws and teeth...
ns).
This list contains the monotremes and marsupials. For placental mammals, see List of placental mammals.
Order Monotremata (monotremes, egg-laying mammals)
- Family OrnithorhynchidaeOrnithorhynchidaeOrnithorhynchidae is one of the two extant families in the order Monotremata, and contains the Platypus and its extinct relatives. The other family is the Tachyglossidae, or echidnas...
(Platypus)- Genus Ornithorhynchus (Platypus)
- PlatypusPlatypusThe platypus is a semi-aquatic mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young...
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- Platypus
- Genus Ornithorhynchus (Platypus)
- Family Tachyglossidae (echidnaEchidnaEchidnas , also known as spiny anteaters, belong to the family Tachyglossidae in the monotreme order of egg-laying mammals. There are four extant species, which, together with the platypus, are the only surviving members of that order and are the only extant mammals that lay eggs...
s)- Genus Tachyglossus (Short-beaked Echidna)
- Short-beaked EchidnaShort-beaked EchidnaThe short-beaked echidna , also known as the spiny anteater because of its diet of ants and termites, is one of four living species of echidna and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus...
(Tachyglossus aculeatus)
- Short-beaked Echidna
- Genus Zaglossus (Long-beaked echidnas)
- Western Long-beaked EchidnaWestern Long-beaked EchidnaThe western long-beaked echidna is one of the four extant echidnas and one of three species of Zaglossus that occur in New Guinea. As Tachyglossus bruijni, this is the type species of Zaglossus....
(Zaglossus bruijnii) - Eastern Long-beaked EchidnaEastern Long-beaked EchidnaThe eastern long-beaked echidna , also known as Barton's long-beaked echidna, is one of three species from the genus Zaglossus to occur in New Guinea...
(Zaglossus bartoni) - Sir David's Long-beaked EchidnaSir David's Long-beaked EchidnaSir David's long-beaked echidna , also known as Attenborough's long-beaked echidna or the Cyclops long-beaked echidna, is one of three species from the genus Zaglossus to occur in New Guinea. It is named in honour of Sir David Attenborough, the eminent naturalist...
(Zaglossus attenboroughi)
- Western Long-beaked Echidna
- Genus Tachyglossus (Short-beaked Echidna)
Order DidelphimorphiaDidelphimorphiaOpossums make up the largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, including 103 or more species in 19 genera. They are also commonly called possums, though that term technically refers to Australian fauna of the suborder Phalangeriformes. The Virginia opossum was the first animal to be...
(American opossums)
- Family Didelphidae (opossums)
- Subfamily CaluromyinaeCaluromyinaeCaluromyinae is a subfamily of opossums. It includes the extant genera Caluromys, Caluromysiops and Glironia, as well as the extinct Pachybiotherium. It has sometimes been classed as a full family, Caluromyidae....
- Genus Caluromys
- Subgenus Mallodelphys
- Derby's Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
- Brown-eared Woolly OpossumBrown-eared Woolly OpossumThe Brown-eared Woolly Opossum , also known as the Western Woolly Opossum, is a woolly opossum species from South America...
(Caluromys lanatus)
- Subgenus Caluromys
- Bare-tailed Woolly OpossumBare-tailed Woolly OpossumThe bare-tailed woolly opossum , also called the white-eared opossum, is an opossum species from South America. Its range includes Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela...
(Caluromys philander)
- Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum
- Subgenus Mallodelphys
- Genus Caluromysiops
- Black-shouldered OpossumBlack-shouldered OpossumThe Black-shouldered Opossum , also known as the White-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It's found in multistrata evergreen Amazonian forests of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru. It is in the monotypic genus Caluromysiops.It's a rare animal species and, probably, highly...
(Caluromysiops irrupta)
- Black-shouldered Opossum
- Genus Glironia
- Bushy-tailed OpossumBushy-tailed OpossumThe Bushy-tailed Opossum, Glironia venusta, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru....
(Glironia venusta)
- Bushy-tailed Opossum
- Genus Caluromys
- Subfamily DidelphinaeDidelphinaeDidelphinae is a subfamily of opossums. Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas but are predominant in South and Central America....
- Genus Chacodelphys
- Chacoan Pygmy OpossumChacoan Pygmy OpossumThe Chacoan Pygmy Opossum is a recently described genus and species of didelphimorph marsupial. The only species in Chacodelphys, C. formosa, is known from only one specimen collected in 1920 in the Chaco of Formosa Province, Argentina.-Description:The Chacoan Pygmy Opossum is the smallest known...
(Chacodelphys formosa)
- Chacoan Pygmy Opossum
- Genus Chironectes
- Yapok or Water OpossumWater OpossumThe water opossum , also locally known as the yapok, is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is the only member of its genus, Chironectes...
(Chironectes minimus)
- Yapok or Water Opossum
- Genus CryptonanusCryptonanusCryptonanus is a genus of opossums from South America. It includes five species found from Bolivia to Uruguay and eastern Brazil, one of which is now extinct. Although the first species were discovered in 1931, the genus was not recognized as distinct from Gracilinanus until 2005...
- Agricola's Gracile OpossumAgricola's gracile opossumAgricola's gracile opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae endemic to eastern Brazil. Its habitat is the caatinga and cerrado. The species is named after Brazilian physician Ernani Agricola....
(Cryptonanus agricolai) - Chacoan Gracile OpossumChacoan gracile opossumThe chacoan gracile opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Its habitat is seasonally flooded grasslands and forests in and near the Gran Chaco....
(Cryptonanus chacoensis) - Guahiba Gracile OpossumGuahiba gracile opossumThe Guahiba gracile opossum, Cryptonanus guahybae, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to southern Brazil, where it is known only from three islands, Guahiba, São Lourenço, and Taquara, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul...
(Cryptonanus guahybae) - Red-bellied Gracile OpossumRed-bellied Gracile OpossumThe Red-bellied Gracile Opossum is an extinct species of opossum that was native to Jujuy Province, Argentina. Its forest habitat has been destroyed, and it was last seen in 1962....
(Cryptonanus ignitus) - Unduavi Gracile OpossumUnduavi gracile opossumThe Unduavi gracile opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is native to northern Bolivia, where it has been found in seasonally flooded grassland...
(Cryptonanus unduaviensis)
- Agricola's Gracile Opossum
- Genus DidelphisDidelphisThe six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as large American opossums, are members of the Didelphimorphia order....
- White-eared OpossumWhite-eared OpossumThe White-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela....
(Didelphis albiventris) - Big-eared OpossumBig-eared OpossumThe Big-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.This species, which was considered a population of the Common Opossum for some time, was originally described as D. azarae by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was...
(Didelphis aurita) - Guianan White-eared OpossumGuianan White-eared OpossumThe Guianan White-eared Opossum, Didelphis imperfecta, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana and Venezuela....
(Didelphis imperfecta) - Common OpossumCommon OpossumThe common opossum , also called the southern or black-eared opossum, is a mammal species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia, including the Lesser Antilles, where it is called manicou. It prefers the woods, but can also live in fields and cities...
(Didelphis marsupialis) - Andean White-eared OpossumAndean White-eared OpossumThe Andean White-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It is found in the Andes Mountains, ranging from Venezuela to Bolivia....
(Didelphis pernigra) - Virginia OpossumVirginia OpossumThe Virginia opossum , commonly known as the North American opossum or tlacuache in Mexico, is the only marsupial found in North America north of Mexico. A solitary and nocturnal animal about the size of a domestic cat, and thus the largest opossum, it is a successful opportunist...
(Didelphis virginiana)
- White-eared Opossum
- Genus GracilinanusGracilinanusGracilinanus is a genus of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It was separated from the genus Marmosa in 1989, and has since had the genus Cryptonanus removed from it...
- Aceramarca Gracile OpossumAceramarca Gracile OpossumThe Aceramarca Gracile Mouse Opossum or Bolivian Gracile Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. This species inhabits tropical forests . It is likely that it is arboreal, although it may forage for fruit, insects and other small invertebrates on...
(Gracilinanus aceramarcae) - Agile Gracile OpossumAgile Gracile OpossumThe Agile Gracile Opossum , is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay....
(Gracilinanus agilis) - Wood Sprite Gracile OpossumWood Sprite Gracile OpossumThe Wood Sprite Gracile Opossum is a mammal. It is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Gracilinanus dryas) - Emilia's Gracile OpossumEmilia's Gracile OpossumEmilia's Gracile Opossum, Gracilinanus emiliae, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guyana, Surinam.-References:*...
(Gracilinanus emilae) - Northern Gracile OpossumNorthern Gracile OpossumThe Northern Gracile Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
(Gracilinanus marica) - Brazilian Gracile OpossumBrazilian Gracile OpossumThe Brazilian gracile opossum, Gracilinanus microtarsus, is a species of small opposum from Brazil.-Description:Brazilian gracile opossums are relatively small opossums, with males ranging from and females from in head-body length. The tail is between 30 and 50% of the head-body length...
(Gracilinanus microtarsus)
- Aceramarca Gracile Opossum
- Genus Hyladelphys
- Kalinowski's Mouse OpossumKalinowski's Mouse OpossumKalinowski's Mouse Opossumn or the Peru Gracile Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests at elevations up to 1000 m.This is the only living species...
(Hyladelphys kalinowskii)
- Kalinowski's Mouse Opossum
- Genus Lestodelphys
- Patagonian OpossumPatagonian OpossumThe Patagonian opossum is the sole species in genus Lestodelphys. They occur further south, in Argentina, than any other living marsupial....
(Lestodelphys halli)
- Patagonian Opossum
- Genus Lutreolina
- LutrineLutrine OpossumThe lutrine opossum , also known as the little water opossum or thick-tailed opossum, is an opossum species from South America and is monotypical of the genus Lutreolina. It is found in Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia and Guyana...
or Thick-tailed Opossum (Lutreolina crassicaudata)
- Lutrine
- Genus MarmosaMarmosaThe nine species in the genus Marmosa are relatively small Neotropic members of the order Didelphimorphia. This genus is one of four that are known as mouse opossums. The others are Micoureus , Thylamys and Tlacuatzin, the grayish mouse opossum...
- Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum (Marmosa andersoni)
- Isthmian Mouse OpossumIsthmian mouse opossumThe Isthmian Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae found in Colombia and Panama.Foraging along branches and vines for fruit and insects, with the help of a prehensile tail, M...
(Marmosa isthmica) - Rufous Mouse OpossumRufous Mouse OpossumThe rufous mouse opossum, Marmosa lepida, is an opossum species from South America. The species has been found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Surinam in lowland tropical rainforest at altitudes from 100 to 1000 m. It is presumed to feed on insects and fruit, like its close...
(Marmosa lepida) - Mexican Mouse OpossumMexican Mouse OpossumThe Mexican mouse opossum is a species of Central American opossum in the family Didelphidae.-Range:It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, eastern Mexico as far north as Tamaulipas, Nicaragua, and western Panama at elevations from sea level up to 3000 m ; most...
(Marmosa mexicana) - Linnaeus's Mouse OpossumLinnaeus's Mouse OpossumLinnaeus's Mouse Opossum , also known as the Common or Murine Mouse Opossum, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.-Range and habitat:...
(Marmosa murina) - Quechuan Mouse OpossumQuechuan mouse opossumThe Quechuan mouse opossum, Marmosa quichua, is a South American opossum species of the famiy Didelphidae. It is known from two areas of montane forest on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru, at altitudes from 300 to 2700 m...
(Marmosa quichua) - Robinson's Mouse OpossumRobinson's Mouse OpossumRobinson's Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Grenada, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
(Marmosa robinsoni) - Red Mouse OpossumRed Mouse OpossumThe Red mouse opossum is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes eastern Ecuador and Peru....
(Marmosa rubra) - Tyleria Mouse OpossumTyleria Mouse OpossumTyleria Mouse Opossum is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes the Guayanan Highland tepuis of Venezuela....
(Marmosa tyleriana) - Guajira Mouse OpossumGuajira Mouse OpossumThe Guajira Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
(Marmosa xerophila)
- Genus MarmosopsMarmosopsMarmosops is a genus of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae. It includes the following species:* Genus Marmosops** Bishop's Slender Opossum ** Narrow-headed Slender Opossum...
- Bishop's Slender OpossumBishop's Slender OpossumBishop's Slender Opossum, Marmosops bishopi is a small, arboreal marsupial opossum native to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. It somewhat resembles a placental rat or shrew....
(Marmosops bishopi) - Narrow-headed Slender OpossumNarrow-headed Slender OpossumThe Narrow-headed Slender Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela....
(Marmosops cracens) - Creighton's Slender OpossumCreighton's slender opossumCreighton's slender opossum , also known commonly as Voss' slender opossum is a species of South American opossum of the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Rio Zongo in La Paz Department, Bolivia, where it lives in Andean cloud forests at elevations between 1800 and 3000 m....
(Marmosops creightoni) - Dorothys' Slender OpossumDorothys' Slender OpossumDorothy's Slender Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Brazil and Bolivia. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Marmosops dorothea) - Dusky Slender OpossumDusky Slender OpossumThe Dusky Slender Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Marmosops fuscatus) - Handley's Slender OpossumHandley's Slender OpossumHandley's Slender Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is endemic to Colombia....
(Marmosops handleyi) - Tschudi's Slender OpossumTschudi's Slender OpossumTschudi's Slender Opossum, Marmosops impavidus, is an opossum species from South America, named after Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.-References:*...
(Marmosops impavidus) - Gray Slender OpossumGray Slender OpossumThe Gray Slender Opossum, Marmosops incanus, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.-References:*...
(Marmosops incanus) - Panama Slender OpossumPanama Slender OpossumThe Panama slender opossum , also known as the slaty slender mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to Panama, where it has been found in tropical rainforest habitats, including disturbed areas, at elevations from 500 to 1500 m. This opossum is mostly...
(Marmosops invictus) - Junin Slender OpossumJunin slender opossumThe Junin slender opossum is a species of South American opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Rio Chanchamayo, Peru , where it lives in Andean montane forests at elevations between 1460 and 2200 m....
(Marmosops juninensis) - Neblina Slender OpossumNeblina Slender OpossumThe Neblina Slender Opossum, Marmosops neblina, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, and perhaps Peru.-References:*...
(Marmosops neblina) - White-bellied Slender OpossumWhite-bellied Slender OpossumThe White-bellied Slender Opossum, Marmosops noctivagus, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.Recent research suggests that M. dorothea is a synonym of M. noctivagus.-References:*...
(Marmosops noctivagus) - Delicate Slender OpossumDelicate Slender OpossumThe delicate slender opossum, Marmosops parvidens, is a small pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae that occurs in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and adjacent Venezuela and Brazil...
(Marmosops parvidens) - Brazilian Slender OpossumBrazilian Slender OpossumThe Brazilian Slender Opossum, Marmosops paulensis, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in moist montane forest in the Atlantic Forest region of southeastern Brazil. Its breeding appears to be fully semelparous, unusual for a mammal....
(Marmosops paulensis) - Pinheiro's Slender OpossumPinheiro's Slender OpossumPinheiro's Slender Opossum, Marmosops pinheiroi, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:*...
(Marmosops pinheiroi)
- Bishop's Slender Opossum
- Genus Metachirus
- Brown Four-eyed OpossumBrown Four-eyed OpossumThe Brown Four-eyed Opossum is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of Central and South America, from Nicaragua and to Paraguay and northern Argentina...
(Metachirus myosuros)
- Brown Four-eyed Opossum
- Genus MicoureusMicoureusMicoureus is a genus of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae. It includes the following species:* Alston's Mouse Opossum * White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum...
- Alston's Mouse OpossumAlston's Mouse OpossumAlston's Mouse Opossum , also known as Alston's Opossum, is a medium sized pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is arboreal and nocturnal, inhabiting forests from Belize to northern Colombia. The main components of its diet are insects and fruits, but it may also eat small rodents,...
(Micoureus alstoni) - White-bellied Woolly Mouse OpossumWhite-bellied Woolly Mouse OpossumThe White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum, Micoureus constantiae, is a small pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is arboreal and nocturnal and inhabits moist forests in eastern Bolivia, the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso, and northwestern Argentina...
(Micoureus constantiae) - Woolly Mouse OpossumWoolly Mouse OpossumThe long-furred woolly mouse opossum , known locally as the Cuíca, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes central Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Brazil....
(Micoureus demerarae) - Tate's Woolly Mouse OpossumTate's woolly mouse opossumTate's woolly mouse opossum is an omnivorous, arboreal South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae, named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate. Insects are a major component of its diet. It is native to Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina....
(Micoureus paraguayanus) - Little Woolly Mouse OpossumLittle woolly mouse opossumThe little woolly mouse opossum is a nocturnal, arboreal and mainly solitary South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is native to the western slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where it lives at altitudes from sea level to 1500 m...
(Micoureus phaeus) - Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse OpossumBare-tailed Woolly Mouse OpossumThe bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum or short-furred woolly mouse opossum is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is found in tropical rainforest in the westernmost portion of the Amazon Basin and the eastern...
(Micoureus regina)
- Alston's Mouse Opossum
- Genus Monodelphis
- Sepia Short-tailed OpossumSepia Short-tailed OpossumThe Sepia Short-tailed Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru....
(Monodelphis adusta) - Northern Three-striped OpossumNorthern Three-striped OpossumThe northern three-striped opossum, Monodelphis americana, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.- References :*...
(Monodelphis americana) - Northern Red-sided OpossumNorthern Red-sided OpossumThe northern red-sided opossum, Monodelphis brevicaudata, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil. French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam and Venezuela.-Behavior:...
(Monodelphis brevicaudata) - Yellow-sided OpossumYellow-sided OpossumThe Yellow-sided Opossum, Monodelphis dimidiata, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.-References:*...
(Monodelphis dimidiata) - Gray Short-tailed OpossumGray Short-tailed OpossumThe gray short-tailed opossum is a small member of the Didelphidae family of opossums. It was the first marsupial to have its genome sequenced. It is naturally found in arboreal habitats in Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. The opossum is used as a research model in science, and is also frequently...
(Monodelphis domestica) - Emilia's Short-tailed OpossumEmilia's Short-tailed OpossumEmilia's Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis emiliae, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru.-References:*...
(Monodelphis emiliae) - Amazonian Red-sided OpossumAmazonian red-sided opossumThe Amazonian red-sided opossum, Monodelphis glirina, is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily...
(Monodelphis glirina) - Ihering's Three-striped OpossumIhering's Three-striped OpossumIhering's Three-striped Opossum, Monodelphis iheringi, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.-References:*...
(Monodelphis iheringi) - Pygmy Short-tailed OpossumPygmy Short-tailed OpossumThe Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis kunsi, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.-References:**...
(Monodelphis kunsi) - Marajó Short-tailed OpossumMarajó Short-tailed OpossumThe Marajó Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis maraxina, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.-References:*...
(Monodelphis maraxina) - Osgood's Short-tailed OpossumOsgood's Short-tailed OpossumOsgood's Short-tailed Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss. The opossum is named after...
(Monodelphis osgoodi) - Hooded Red-sided OpossumHooded red-sided opossumThe hooded red-sided opossum, Monodelphis palliolata, is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae. Until recently, it was viewed as a subspecies of M. brevicaudata. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela at altitudes from sea level to 2250 m...
(Monodelphis palliolata) - Reig's OpossumReig's opossumReig's opossum is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, discovered in 2004. It is known so far only from montane forest in Canaima National Park, Venezuela at an elevation of 1300 m in the Sierra de Lema. It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig .-References:*...
(Monodelphis reigi) - Ronald's OpossumRonald's opossumRonald's opossum is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae. It was discovered in 2004, and most closely resembles M. adusta. It is known only from Manú National Park, Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is named after American zoologist Ronald H. Pine.-References:*...
(Monodelphis ronaldi) - Chestnut-striped OpossumChestnut-striped OpossumThe Chestnut-striped Opossum, Monodelphis rubida, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.-References:*...
(Monodelphis rubida) - Long-nosed Short-tailed OpossumLong-nosed Short-tailed OpossumThe Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis scalops, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.-References:*...
(Monodelphis scalops) - Southern Red-sided OpossumSouthern Red-sided OpossumThe Southern Red-sided Opossum, Monodelphis sorex, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay....
(Monodelphis sorex) - Southern Three-striped OpossumSouthern Three-striped OpossumThe Southern Three-striped Opossum, Monodelphis theresa, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil.-References:*...
(Monodelphis theresa) - Red Three-striped OpossumRed Three-striped OpossumThe Red Three-striped Opossum, Monodelphis umbristriata, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.-References:*...
(Monodelphis umbristriata) - One-striped OpossumOne-striped OpossumThe One-striped Opossum, Monodelphis unistriata, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.-References:*...
(Monodelphis unistriata)
- Sepia Short-tailed Opossum
- Genus PhilanderGray and black four-eyed opossumThe seven species in the genus Philander, commonly known as gray and black four-eyed opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia. Mature females have a well-developed marsupium. The tail appears to be hairless except for the proximal 5 or 6 cm, which has a few long hairs...
- Anderson's Four-eyed OpossumAnderson's Four-eyed OpossumAnderson's Four-eyed Opossum, Philander andersoni, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. Its dorsal fur is dark, with a black stripe, about 3-4 cm wide, going vertically down the midline of its back. Its dorsal fur is short, about 10...
(Philander andersoni) - Deltaic Four-eyed OpossumDeltaic four-eyed opossumThe deltaic four-eyed opossum is a species of opossum found in the Orinoco River delta region of Venezuela, South America, first described in 2006. It inhabits perennially flooded swamp forest or seasonally flooded marsh forest of the adjacent deltas of the Orinoco and nearby rivers. Its dorsal...
(Philander deltae) - Southeastern Four-eyed OpossumSoutheastern Four-eyed OpossumThe Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum, Philander frenatus, is an opossum species from South America. It is a large dark gray opossum found in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Its dorsal fur is dark gray. The fur on the sides is also gray, but lighter than the dorsal fur. The ventral fur is white or...
(Philander frenatus) - McIlhenny's Four-eyed OpossumMcIlhenny's Four-eyed OpossumMcIlhenny's Four-eyed Opossum, Philander mcilhennyi, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Peru. It is almost entirely black, except for white spots above each eye....
(Philander mcilhennyi) - Mondolfi's Four-eyed OpossumMondolfi's four-eyed opossumMondolfi's four-eyed opossum is a South American species of opossum found in Colombia and Venezuela, first described in 2006. It inhabits foothills of the Cordillera de Mérida and those on the eastern side of the Cordillera Oriental at elevations from 50 to 800 m. Populations in the two ranges may...
(Philander mondolfii) - Olrog's Four-eyed OpossumOlrog's four-eyed opossumOlrog's four-eyed opossum is a South American species of opossum found in eastern Bolivia and Peru, first described in 2008. It inhabits the Amazon rainforest. The species is named after Swedish-Argentine biologist Claes C. Olrog. It is sympatric with P. opossum, which it resembles...
(Philander olrogi) - Gray Four-eyed OpossumGray Four-eyed OpossumThe gray four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum, is an opossum species from Central and South America, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia and southwestern Brazil, at altitudes from sea level to 1600 m...
(Philander opossum)
- Anderson's Four-eyed Opossum
- Genus ThylamysThylamysThylamys is a genus of opossum in the family Didelphidae. The premaxillae are rounded rather than pointed. The females lack a pouch. The females' nipples are arranged in two symmetrical rows on the abdomen All species but T...
- Cinderella Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumCinderella fat-tailed mouse opossumThe Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in northern Argentina and southern Bolivia, in the eastern foothills of the Andes. Its dorsal fur is gray brown to dark brown. Its ventral fur is gray-based, except for the white to yellowish...
(Thylamys cinderella) - Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumElegant Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThe Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. Its head-and-body length ranges from 106 to 121 millimeters. Its tail length ranges from 115 to 142 millimeters. Its tail is swollen and has fine hairs all over it. Its fur color varies, but it usually ranges...
(Thylamys elegans) - Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumKarimi's fat-tailed mouse opossumKarimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to central and northeast Brazil, where it is found in the cerrado and caatinga. Its head-and-body length is about 95 millimeters, and its tail length is about 72 millimeters. It is very similar to T....
(Thylamys karimii) - Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumParaguayan Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThe Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in forested areas of Brazil and Paraguay. It is known only from a few specimens...
(Thylamys macrurus) - White-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumWhite-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThe White-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.-Description:...
(Thylamys pallidior) - Common Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumCommon Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThe Common Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay in chaco and Andean foothill habitats. Its head-and-body length is about 75 to 120 mm, and its tail length is about 90 to 134 mm...
(Thylamys pusillus) - Argentine Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumArgentine fat-tailed mouse opossumThe Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in the eastern foothills of the Andes in northern Argentina and southern Bolivia. Its dorsal fur is gray brown to dark brown. Its ventral fur is gray-based except for the white to yellowish chest...
(Thylamys sponsorius) - Tate's Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumTate's fat-tailed mouse opossumTate's fat-tailed mouse opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae, named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate. It is found at elevations of 300 to 3,000 m along the coast of central Peru. The species has the northernmost range of any member of its genus. It has white...
(Thylamys tatei) - Dwarf Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumDwarf Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumThe Dwarf Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum , also known as the Velvety Fat-tailed Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in cerrado and caatinga habitats. Its head-and-body length is about 141-212 mm, and its tail length is about 73-85 mm...
(Thylamys velutinus) - Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumBuff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossumThe buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in the forests of northern Argentina and southern Bolivia. Its dorsal fur is cinnamon brown...
(Thylamys venustus)
- Cinderella Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
- Genus Tlacuatzin
- Gray Mouse Opossum (Tlacuatzin canescens)
- Genus Chacodelphys
- Subfamily Caluromyinae
Order Paucituberculata (shrew opossumShrew opossumThe order Paucituberculata contains the six surviving species of shrew opossum: small, shrew-like marsupials which are confined to the Andes mountains of South America. It is thought that the order diverged from the ancestral marsupial line very early. As recently as 20 million years ago, there...
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- Family Caenolestidae (shrew opossums)
- Genus CaenolestesCaenolestesThe common shrew opossums , are members of the Caenolestidae family....
- Grey-bellied Shrew OpossumGrey-bellied Shrew OpossumThe Gray-bellied Caenolestid , or Grey-bellied Shrew Opossum, is a species of shrew opossum in the family Caenolestidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru....
, (Caenolestes caniventer) - Andean Shrew Opossum, (Caenolestes condorensis)
- Northern Shrew OpossumNorthern Shrew OpossumThe Northern Caenolestid , or Northern Shrew Opossum, is a species of shrew opossum in the Caenolestidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
, (Caenolestes convelatus) - Dusky Shrew OpossumDusky Shrew OpossumThe Dusky Caenolestid , also known as the Dusky Shrew Opossum, the Silky Shrew Opossum, or the Ecuadorean Shrew-Opossum, is a small marsupial that lives in the alpine forests and meadows of the Andes. Its range stretches across Colombia, Ecuador, and northwestern Venezuela...
, (Caenolestes fuliginosus)
- Grey-bellied Shrew Opossum
- Genus Lestoros
- Peruvian or Incan Shrew OpossumIncan Shrew OpossumThe Incan Caenolestid , or Incan Shrew Opossum, is a species of shrew opossum in the family Caenolestidae. It is endemic to Peru....
, (Lestoros inca)
- Peruvian or Incan Shrew Opossum
- Genus Rhyncholestes
- Long-nosed Shrew OpossumLong-nosed Shrew OpossumThe Long-nosed Caenolestid , or Long-nosed Shrew Opossum, is one of six surviving species of shrew opossum. It is a small marsupial that lives in old growth evergreen temperate forests in Chile and Argentina...
, (Rhyncholestes raphanurus)
- Long-nosed Shrew Opossum
- Genus Caenolestes
Order MicrobiotheriaMicrobiotheriaThe Monito del Monte is the only extant member of its family and the only surviving member of an ancient order, the Microbiotheria. The oldest microbiothere currently recognised is Khasia cordillerensis, based on fossil teeth from Early Palaeocene deposits at Tiupampa, Bolivia...
(Monito del Monte)
- Family Microbiotheriidae
- Genus Dromiciops
- Monito del MonteMonito del MonteThe Monito del Monte The Monito del Monte The Monito del Monte (Spanish for "little mountain monkey", Dromiciops gliroides, is a diminutive marsupial native only to southwestern South America (Chile and Argentina). It is the only extant species in the ancient order Microbiotheria, and the sole New...
(Dromiciops gliroides)
- Monito del Monte
- Genus Dromiciops
Order Notoryctemorphia (marsupial moles)
- Family Notoryctidae
- Genus Notoryctes
- Northern Marsupial MoleNorthern Marsupial MoleThe Northern Marsupial Mole or Northwestern Marsupial Mole is a species of marsupial in the Notoryctidae family. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. The Northern Marsupial Mole is yellow in color. Its diet consists of insect pupae and larvae. It lacks eyes and barely...
(Notoryctes caurinus) - Southern Marsupial MoleSouthern Marsupial MoleThe Southern Marsupial Mole is a mole-like marsupial found in the desert of southwest Australia. It is extremely adapted to a burrowing way of life. It has large, shovel-like forepaws and silky fur, which helps it move easily. The Southern Marsupial Mole also lacks complete eyes as it has little...
(Notoryctes typhlops)
- Northern Marsupial Mole
- Genus Notoryctes
Order DasyuromorphiaDasyuromorphiaThe order Dasyuromorphia comprises most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the recently extinct thylacine...
(marsupial carnivores)
- Family †ThylacinidaeThylacinidaeThe animals in the Thylacinidae family were all carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the Thylacine , which became extinct in 1936...
- Genus †ThylacinusThylacinusThylacinus is a genus of extinct carnivorous marsupials from the order Dasyuromorphia. The only recent member was the Thylacine , which became extinct in 1936 due to hunting. The other animals in the group all lived in prehistoric times in Australia...
- †ThylacineThylacineThe thylacine or ,also ;binomial name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Greek for "dog-headed pouched one") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf...
(Thylacinus cynocephalus)
- †Thylacine
- Genus †Thylacinus
- Family DasyuridaeDasyuridaeDasyuridae is a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 61 species divided into 15 genera. Many are small and mouse-like, giving them the misnomer marsupial mice, but the group also includes the cat-sized quolls, as well as the Tasmanian Devil...
- Subfamily DasyurinaeDasyurinaeThe subfamily Dasyurinae includes several genera of small carnivorous marsupials native to Australia: quolls, Kowari, Mulgara, Kaluta, dibblers, phascogales pseudantechinuses, and the Tasmanian Devil...
- Tribe DasyuriniDasyurini- Classification :* Tribe Dasyurini** Genus Dasycercus*** Brush-tailed Mulgara, Dasycercus blythi*** Crest-tailed Mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda** Genus Dasykaluta*** Little Red Kaluta, Dasykaluta rosamondae** Genus Dasyuroides...
- Genus Dasycercus
- Brush-tailed MulgaraBrush-tailed MulgaraThe Brush-tailed Mulgara is a large carnivorous Australian marsupial species. Its body mass is over 100grams, with males being slightly larger than females. Their head length is 15 cm, and tail length is 9 cm....
(Dasycercus blythi) - Crest-tailed MulgaraCrest-tailed MulgaraThe Crest-tailed Mulgara also called the Ampurta is a species of carnivorous marsupial from Australia. Also called the Crest-tailed Marsupial Mouse, this animal slightly resembles a placental rat....
, (Dasycercus cristicauda)
- Brush-tailed Mulgara
- Genus Dasykaluta
- Little Red KalutaLittle Red KalutaThe Little Red Kaluta , also known as the Little Red Antechinus, Russet Antechinus, Spinifex Antechinus or simply Kaluta, is a carnivorous nocturnal marsupial. It lives in the dry areas of Western Australia. Individuals are 9-11 cm long and weigh 20-40 grams...
, (Dasykalua rosamondae)
- Little Red Kaluta
- Genus Dasyuroides
- KowariKowariThe Kowari , also known as the Brush-tailed Marsupial Rat, Kayer Rat, Byrne's Crest-tailed Marsupial Rat, Bushy-tailed Marsupial Rat and Kawiri, is a small carnivorous marsupial native to the dry grasslands and deserts of central Australia...
, (Dasyuroides byrnei)
- Kowari
- Genus Dasyurus
- New Guinean QuollNew Guinean QuollThe New Guinean Quoll , also known as the New Guinea Quoll or New Guinea Native Cat, is a carnivorous marsupial mammal native to New Guinea...
, (Dasyurus albopunctatus) - Western QuollWestern QuollThe western quoll , also known as the chuditch or western native cat, is a medium sized predator and like its eastern and northern relatives, has a white-spotted brown coat and a long tail. It is most closely related to the eastern quoll from which it differs in possessing a first toe on the...
, (Dasyurus geoffroii) - Northern QuollNorthern QuollThe Northern Quoll , also known as the Northern Native Cat, the Satanellus, the North Australian Native Cat or the Njanmak , is a carnivorous marsupial mammal, native to Australia.- Taxonomy :The Northern Quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, and is often stated to be the most distinctive...
, (Dasyurus hallucatus) - Tiger QuollTiger QuollThe tiger quoll , also known as the spotted-tail quoll, the spotted quoll, the spotted-tailed dasyure or the tiger cat, is a carnivorous marsupial of the quoll genus Dasyurus native to Australia...
, (Dasyurus maculatus) - Bronze QuollBronze QuollThe Bronze Quoll is a species of quoll found only in the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands of New Guinea. It was discovered in the early 1970s when five specimens were collected, but only described in 1987 when Dr...
, (Dasyurus spartacus) - Eastern QuollEastern QuollThe Eastern Quoll , also known as the Eastern Native Cat, is a medium-sized carnivorous dasyurid marsupial native to Australia. They are now considered extinct on the mainland, but remain widespread and even locally common in Tasmania...
, (Dasyurus viverrinus)
- New Guinean Quoll
- Genus MyoictisMyoictisMyoictis is a genus of marsupials in the order Dasyuromorphia. It is found in New Guinea.There are four species:* Woolley’s Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis leucura* Three-striped Dasyure, Myoictis melas...
- Woolley's Three-striped DasyureWoolley's Three-striped DasyureThe Woolley's Three-striped Dasyure is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore lives in Papua New Guinea....
(Myoictis leucura) - Three-striped DasyureThree-striped DasyureThe Three-striped Dasyure is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore lives in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.- References :...
, (Myoictis melas) - Wallace's DasyureWallace's DasyureWallace's Dasyure is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Specifically, is found on the Aru Islands of the Maluku Province of Indonesia....
, (Myoictis wallacii) - Tate's Three-striped DasyureTate's Three-striped DasyureThe Tate's Three-striped Dasyure is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. This marsupial carnivore lives in Papua New Guinea....
(Myoictis wavicus)
- Woolley's Three-striped Dasyure
- Genus Neophascogale
- Speckled DasyureSpeckled DasyureThe Speckled Dasyure , also known as the Long-clawed Marsupial Mouse, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. It is an inhabitant of Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It is the only member of the genus Neophascogale.Its weight varies between 200 and 250 g; its body length ranges 16–23 cm, and...
, (Neophascogale lorentzi)
- Speckled Dasyure
- Genus Parantechinus
- DibblerDibblerDibbler is the common name for Parantechinus apicalis, an endangered species of marsupial. It is an inhabitant of the southwest mainland of Western Australia and some offshore islands. It is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order, and the only member of the genus, Parantechinus...
, (Parantechinus apicalis)
- Dibbler
- Genus Phascolosorex
- Red-bellied Marsupial ShrewRed-bellied Marsupial ShrewThe Red-bellied Dasyure or Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Phascolosorex doriae) - Narrow-striped Marsupial ShrewNarrow-striped Marsupial ShrewThe Narrow-striped Dasyure or Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Phascolosorex dorsalis)
- Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew
- Genus Pseudantechinus
- Sandstone DibblerSandstone DibblerThe Sandstone False Antechinus, Pseudantechinus bilarni, also known as the Sandstone Pseudantechinus, the Sandstone Antechinus, the Sandstone Dibbler, Harney's Antechinus and the Northern Dibbler, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial, which has a patchy distribution in Australia's Northern...
, (Pseudantechinus bilarni) - Fat-tailed False AntechinusFat-tailed False AntechinusThe Fat-tailed False Antechinus , also called the Fat-tailed Pseudantechinus and Red-eared Antechinus, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order...
, (Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis) - Alexandria False AntechinusAlexandria False AntechinusThe Alexandria False Antechinus , also known as the Carpentarian False Antechinus or Carpentarian Pseudantechinus, is a small carnivorous marsupial, found only in a number of small, isolated localities in northern Australia...
, (Pseudantechinus mimulus) - Ningbing False AntechinusNingbing False AntechinusThe Ningbing False Antechinus , also known as the Ningbing Pseudantechinus, is a small species of carnivorous marsupial found in north-western Australia...
, (Pseudantechinus ningbing) - Rory Cooper's False AntechinusRory Cooper's False AntechinusRory Cooper's False Antechinus , also known as the Tan False Antechinus and the Tan Pseudantechinus, is a recently named species of small carnivorous marsupial which inhabits rocky outcrops in Western Australia...
, (Pseudantechinus roryi) - Woolley's False AntechinusWoolley's False AntechinusWoolley's False Antechinus , also known as Woolley's Pseudantechinus, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial belonging to the family Dasyuridae...
, (Pseudantechinus woolleyae)
- Sandstone Dibbler
- Genus SarcophilusSarcophilusSarcophilus is a genus of carnivorous marsupial best known for its only living member, the Tasmanian Devil.There are three species of Sarcophilus. S. laniarius and S. moornaensis are only known from fossils from the Pleistocene. S. laniarius was larger than the contemporary, and only surviving,...
- Tasmanian DevilTasmanian DevilThe Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, now found in the wild only on the Australian island state of Tasmania. The size of a small dog, it became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936...
, (Sarcophilus harrisii)
- Tasmanian Devil
- Genus Dasycercus
- Tribe PhascogaliniPhascogalini- Classification :* Tribe Phascogalini** Genus Antechinus*** Tropical Antechinus, Antechinus adustus*** Agile Antechinus, Antechinus agilis*** Fawn Antechinus, Antechinus bellus*** Yellow-footed Antechinus, Antechinus flaviceps...
- Genus AntechinusAntechinusAntechinus is a genus of dasyurid marsupial that is indigenous to Australia and New Guinea. The majority of Antechinus species occur in Australia and only two species have been described in New Guinea...
- Tropical AntechinusTropical AntechinusThe Tropical Antechinus , also known as the Rusty Antechinus, is a species of small marsupial carnivore, particularly closely related to the Brown Antechinus ....
, (Antechinus adustus) - Agile AntechinusAgile AntechinusThe Agile Antechinus is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is found in Australia.-Taxonomy:...
, (Antechinus agilis) - Fawn AntechinusFawn AntechinusThe Fawn Antechinus is a species of small carnivorous marsupial found in northern Australia. It is the only antechinus to be found in the Northern Territory and has a patchy, restricted range.-Taxonomy:...
, (Antechinus bellus) - Yellow-footed AntechinusYellow-footed Antechinusthumb|250pxThe Yellow-footed Antechinus , also known as the Mardo, is a shrew-like marsupial found in Australia. One notable feature of the species is its sexual behavior...
, (Antechinus flaviceps) - Atherton AntechinusAtherton AntechinusThe Atherton Antechinus , also known as Godman's Antechinus, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial native to Australia. It is one of the rarest members of its genus, and differs from other antechinuses in its more rufous body colour and small eyes.-Taxonomy:The Atherton Antechinus was first...
, (Antechinus godmani) - Cinnamon AntechinusCinnamon AntechinusThe Cinnamon Antechinus , also known as the Iron Ranges Antechinus and the Cape York Antechinus, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is the only mammal endemic to Cape York Peninsula, being confined to semi-deciduous forest around the McIlraith and Iron Ranges...
, (Antechinus leo) - Swamp AntechinusSwamp AntechinusThe Swamp Antechinus , also known as the Little Tasmanian Marsupial Mouse, is a species of shrew-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae family and as such is related to dunnarts, quolls and the Tasmanian Devil.-Taxonomy:...
, (Antechinus minimus) - Brown AntechinusBrown AntechinusThe Brown Antechinus , also known as Stuart's Antechinus and Macleay's Marsupial Mouse, is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.-Taxonomy:...
, (Antechinus stuartii) - Subtropical AntechinusSubtropical AntechinusThe Subtropical Antechinus is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It was previously thought to be conspecific with the Brown Antechinus ....
, (Antechinus subtropicus) - Dusky AntechinusDusky AntechinusThe Dusky Antechinus , also known as Swainson's Antechinus or the Dusky Marsupial Mouse, is a species of small marsupial carnivore, a member of the family Dasyuridae. It is found in Australia.-Taxonomy:...
, (Antechinus swainsonii)
- Tropical Antechinus
- Genus Micromurexia
- Habbema DasyureHabbema DasyureThe Habbema Dasyure is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is rocky areas....
, (Micromurexia habbema)
- Habbema Dasyure
- Genus Murexechinus
- Black-tailed DasyureBlack-tailed DasyureThe Black-tailed Dasyure is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Murexechinus melanurus)
- Black-tailed Dasyure
- Genus Murexia
- Short-furred DasyureShort-furred DasyureThe Short-furred Dasyure , also known as the Short-haired Marsupial Mouse, is a member of the order Dasyuromorphia. It is the only species in the Murexia genus. It lives in Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
, (Murexia longicaudata)
- Short-furred Dasyure
- Genus Paramurexia
- Broad-striped DasyureBroad-striped DasyureThe Broad-striped Dasyure is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Paramurexia rothschildi)
- Broad-striped Dasyure
- Genus Phascomurexia
- Long-nosed DasyureLong-nosed DasyureThe Long-nosed Dasyure is a species of marsupial in the Dasyuridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Phascomurexia naso)
- Long-nosed Dasyure
- Genus PhascogalePhascogaleThe Phascogales , also known as Wambengers, are carnivorous Australian marsupials of the family Dasyuridae. There are two species: the Brush-tailed Phascogale and the Red-tailed Phascogale...
- Red-tailed PhascogaleRed-tailed PhascogaleThe Red-tailed Phascogale , also known as the Red-tailed Wambenger, is a small carnivorous marsupial found in central and western Australia...
, (Phascogale calura) - Brush-tailed PhascogaleBrush-tailed PhascogaleThe Brush-tailed Phascogale , also known as the Tuan, the Common Wambenger or the Black-tailed Phascogale, is a rat-sized arboreal carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae, characterized by a tuft of black silky hairs on the terminal portion of its tail...
, (Phascogale tapoatafa)
- Red-tailed Phascogale
- Genus Antechinus
- Tribe Dasyurini
- Subfamily SminthopsinaeSminthopsinae- Classification :* Subfamily Sminthopsinae** Tribe Sminthopsini*** Genus Antechinomys**** Kultarr, Antechinomys laniger*** Genus Ningaui**** Wongai Ningaui, Ningaui ridei**** Pilbara Ningaui, Ningaui timealeyi...
- Tribe SminthopsiniSminthopsini- Classification :* Tribe Sminthopsini** Genus Antechinomys*** Kultarr, Antechinomys laniger** Genus Ningaui*** Wongai Ningaui, Ningaui ridei*** Pilbara Ningaui, Ningaui timealeyi*** Southern Ningaui, Ningaui yvonnae...
- Genus Antechinomys
- KultarrKultarrThe Kultarr , also known as the Jerboa-marsupial, the Jerboa Pouched-mouse, the Wuhl-wuhl or the Pitchi-pitchi, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. It is the only species in the Antechinomys genus...
, (Antechinomys laniger)
- Kultarr
- Genus NingauiNingauiNingauis, members of the genus Ningaui, are small members of the dasyurid family. Along with the planigales, they are among the smallest marsupials. They are related to the dunnarts and are restricted to arid regions of Australia....
- Wongai NingauiWongai NingauiThe Wongai Ningaui , also known as the Inland Ningaui, is a small carnivorous marsupial native to Australia.-Taxonomy:...
, (Ningaui ridei) - Pilbara NingauiPilbara NingauiThe Pilbara Ningaui , sometimes known as Ealey's Ningaui, is a tiny species of marsupial carnivore found in Australia. It rarely exceeds 5.8cm in body length, with a tail 6-7.6cm long and a weight of 5-9.4g...
, (Ningaui timealeyi) - Southern NingauiSouthern NingauiThe Southern Ningaui , also known as the Mallee Ningaui, is a tiny species of marsupial carnivore and a member of the family Dasyuridae...
, (Ningaui yvonneae)
- Wongai Ningaui
- Genus Sminthopsis
- S. crassicaudata species-group
- Fat-tailed DunnartFat-tailed DunnartThe Fat Tailed Dunnart is a species of mouse-like marsupial of the Dasyuridae family, the family includes the Little Red Kaluta, quolls, and the Tasmanian Devil. It has an average body length of 60–90 mm with a tail of 45–70 mm. Ear length is 14–16 mm...
, (Sminthopsis crassicaudata)
- Fat-tailed Dunnart
- S. macroura species-group
- Kakadu DunnartKakadu DunnartThe Kakadu Dunnart is a dunnart that was described in 1994 and the closest relative is the Carpentarian Dunnart. Its typical body length is 50-85mm long with a tail of 60-105mm for a total length of between 110-190mm, and a weight of between 10-25g, placing this species in the mid-range of the...
, (Sminthopsis bindi) - Carpentarian DunnartCarpentarian DunnartThe Carpentarian Dunnart also known as the Butler's Dunnart with a puffy brown or mouse grey colour above and the underside of white, similar to its close relative the Kakadu Dunnart. Head to anus length is 75-88m awith a tail of 72-90mm long for a total length of 147-178mm...
, (Sminthopsis butleri) - Julia Creek DunnartJulia Creek DunnartThe Julia Creek Dunnart is a marsupial with a large buffy brown upperside and white underside. This dunnart has a body length of 100-135 mm with a tail of 60-105 mm to make a total length of between 160-240 mm. Its weight is between 40-70g. The length of the hind foot is between...
, (Sminthopsis douglasi) - Stripe-faced DunnartStripe-faced DunnartThe Striped-faced Dunnart is an Australian marsupial. This dunnart has an average length of 155-198 mm from the tip of the snout to the tip of the tail, snout to anus distance of 75-98 mm, a tail measuring 80-100 mm and an ear length of 17-18 mm. Its weight varies between 15-25 grams. It has a...
, (Sminthopsis macroura) - Red-cheeked DunnartRed-cheeked DunnartThe Red-cheeked Dunnart is so called because of the distinctive red hair on its cheek. It is an Australasian marsupial. Its total length is 167–270 mm; its average body length is 80–135 mm with a tail of 87–135 mm. Ear length is 12–13 mm. Its weight varies between 18 and...
, (Sminthopsis virginiae)
- Kakadu Dunnart
- S. granulipes species-group
- White-tailed DunnartWhite-tailed DunnartThe White-tailed Dunnart , also known as the Ash-grey Dunnart, is a dunnart native to Australia. It has an average body length of 126-168 mm, a snout to anus length of 70-100 mm, a tail measurement of 56-68 mm and a weight which varies between 18-35 grams...
, (Sminthopsis granulipes)
- White-tailed Dunnart
- S. griseoventer species-group
- Kangaroo Island DunnartKangaroo Island DunnartThe Kangaroo Island Dunnart is a dark sooty-grey coloured dunnart species first discovered in 1969, with paler underparts of its body. It has an average body length of 170mm-198mm, a snout to anus length of 80-93 mm, a tail measurement of 90-105 mm, a hind foot of 17.5mm, ear length of 18mm and a...
, (Sminthopsis aitkeni) - Boullanger Island DunnartBoullanger Island DunnartThe Boullanger Island Dunnart is a species of dunnart found only on Boullanger Island, Western Australia. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Grey-bellied Dunnart , for which reason it was not assessed by the IUCN in 2008...
, (Sminthopsis boullangerensis) - Grey-bellied Dunnart, (Sminthopsis griseoventer)
- Kangaroo Island Dunnart
- S. longicaudata species-group
- Long-tailed DunnartLong-tailed DunnartLong-tailed Dunnart is an Australian dunnart that, like the Little Long-tailed Dunnart, has a tail longer than its body. It is also one of the larger dunnarts at a length from snout to tail of 260-306 mm of which head to anus is 80-96 mm and tail 180-210 mm long...
, (Sminthopsis longicaudata)
- Long-tailed Dunnart
- S. murina species-group
- Chestnut DunnartChestnut DunnartThe Chestnut Dunnart is a dunnart that was described by Van Dyck in 1986 and is named because of its chestnut colour in the upperparts of its body. The length from snout to tail being 167-210 mm of which head to anus is 85-105 mm and tail 82-105 mm long...
, (Sminthopsis archeri) - Little Long-tailed DunnartLittle Long-tailed DunnartThe Little Long-tailed Dunnart is a dunnart that was, along with Gilbert's Dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail is 150-200 mm of which head to anus is 65-50 mm and tail 85-105 mm long...
, (Sminthopsis dolichura) - Sooty DunnartSooty DunnartThe Sooty Dunnart is a species of dunnart found in Western Australia. It is one of the least-known of the dunnarts, with the IUCN classifying it as data deficient. It was formerly believed to be a subspecies of the Common Dunnart ....
, (Sminthopsis fuliginosus) - Gilbert's DunnartGilbert's DunnartGilbert's Dunnart is a recently discovered dunnart, described in 1984. The length from snout to tail being 155-180 mm of which head to anus is 80-90 mm and tail 75-90 mm long...
, (Sminthopsis gilberti) - White-footed DunnartWhite-footed DunnartThe White Footed Dunnart is a marsupial that occurs of Tasmania and Australia. It occurs along the coast and in inner Gippsland and Alpine areas up to 400 metres near Narbethong...
, (Sminthopsis leucopus) - Slender-tailed DunnartSlender-tailed DunnartThe Slender-tailed Dunnart , also known as the Common Dunnart in Australia, is a dasyurid marsupial . It has an average body length of 7 to 12 centimeters with a tail length of 5.5 to 13 centimetres...
, (Sminthopsis murina)
- Chestnut Dunnart
- S. psammophila species-group
- Hairy-footed DunnartHairy-footed DunnartThe Hairy-footed Dunnart is a dunnart that has silver hairs on the soles of it hind feet accompanied by long hair on the side of its sole. It is an Australian marsupial similar to the Ooldea Dunnart, with its upper body yellow-brown and lower body white in colour...
, (Sminthopsis hirtipes) - Ooldea DunnartOoldea DunnartThe Ooldea Dunnart , also called Troughton's Dunnart after the person who found the species, is an Australian marsupial similar to the Hairy-footed Dunnart. It is greyish-yellow on its upper body and white on the underside with dark patches on its crown, forehead and in front of the eyes, and a...
, (Sminthopsis ooldea) - Sandhill DunnartSandhill DunnartThe Sandhill Dunnart is a species of small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is known from four scattered arid areas of Australia: near Lake Amadeus in Northern Territory, the central Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, the southwestern edge of the Great Victoria Desert...
, (Sminthopsis psammophila) - Lesser Hairy-footed DunnartLesser Hairy-footed DunnartThe Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart is a small carnivorous Australian marsupial of the family Dasyuridae. It is a widespread and fairly common species, being found in many desert areas of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland...
, (Sminthopsis youngsoni)
- Hairy-footed Dunnart
- S. crassicaudata species-group
- Genus Antechinomys
- Tribe Planigalini
- Genus PlanigalePlanigaleThe genus Planigale are small carnivorous marsupials found in Australia and New Guinea. It is the only genus in the Planigalini tribe of the subfamily Sminthopsinae...
- Paucident PlanigalePaucident PlanigaleThe Paucident Planigale , also known as Giles' Planigale, is a very small species of carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.-Taxonomy:...
, (Planigale gilesi) - Long-tailed PlanigaleLong-tailed PlanigaleThe Long-tailed Planigale , also known as Ingram's Planigale or the Northern Planigale, is the smallest of all marsupials, and one of the smallest of all mammals...
, (Planigale ingrami) - Common Planigale, (Planigale maculata)
- New Guinean PlanigaleNew Guinean PlanigaleThe New Guinean Planigale , also known as the Papuan Planigale, is a species of small marsupial carnivore native to the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands of New Guinea....
, (Planigale novaeguineae) - Narrow-nosed PlanigaleNarrow-nosed PlanigaleThe Narrow-nosed Planigale is a species of very small marsupial carnivore of the family Dasyuridae.-Taxonomy:The Narrow-nosed Planigale was described by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton in 1928, separating it from the Common Planigale with which it had previously been associated...
, (Planigale tenuirostris)
- Paucident Planigale
- Genus Planigale
- Tribe Sminthopsini
- Subfamily Dasyurinae
- Family Myrmecobiidae
- Genus Myrmecobius
- NumbatNumbatThe numbat , also known as the banded anteater, or walpurti, is a marsupial found in Western Australia. Its diet consists almost exclusively of termites. Once widespread across southern Australia, the range is now restricted to several small colonies and it is listed as an endangered species...
(Myremecobius fasciatus)
- Numbat
- Genus Myrmecobius
Order PeramelemorphiaPeramelemorphiaThe order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies: it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores...
(bandicootBandicootBandicoots are a group of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, terrestrial marsupial omnivores in the order Peramelemorphia.- Etymology :...
s and bilbiesBilbyBilbies are desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores; they are members of the order Peramelemorphia. Before European colonisation of Australia, there were two species. One became extinct in the 1950s; the other survives but remains endangered....
)
- Family Thylacomyidae
- Genus Macrotis (bilbies)
- Greater BilbyGreater BilbyThe Bilby, Macrotis lagotis, is an Australian species of nocturnal omnivorous animal in the Peramelemorphia order. The common name Bilby usually refers to this species, but is distinguished from Macrotis leucura that became extinct in the 1950s by the name Greater Bilby. It is also referred to as...
(Macrotis lagotis) - †Lesser BilbyLesser BilbyThe Lesser Bilby , also known as the Yallara, the Lesser Rabbit-eared Bandicoot or the White-tailed Rabbit-eared Bandicoot, was a rabbit-like marsupial. The species was first described by Oldfield Thomas as "Peregale leucura" in 1887 from a single specimen from a collection of mammals of the...
(Macrotis leucura)
- Greater Bilby
- Genus Macrotis (bilbies)
- Family †Chaeropodidae
- Genus †Chaeropus (Pig-footed Bandicoot)
- †Pig-footed BandicootPig-footed BandicootThe Pig-footed Bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus, was a small marsupial of the arid and semi-arid plains of Australia. The distribution range of the species was later reduced to an inland desert region, where it was last recorded in the 1950s, and is now presumed to be extinct.-Classification:This...
(Chaeropus ecaudatus)
- †Pig-footed Bandicoot
- Genus †Chaeropus (Pig-footed Bandicoot)
- Family PeramelidaePeramelidaePeramelidae is the family of marsupials that contains all of the extant bandicoots. One known extinct species of bandicoot, the Pig-footed Bandicoot, was so different than the other species that it was recently moved into its own family. There are four described fossil Peramelids...
- Subfamily Peramelinae
- Genus Isoodon: short-nosed bandicoots
- Golden BandicootGolden BandicootThe Golden Bandicoot is a short-nosed bandicoot found in northern Australia. It is by far the smallest of its genus, being a little over half the size of its relatives the Northern Brown Bandicoot and the Southern Brown Bandicoot .The Golden Bandicoot is now a threatened species...
, (Isoodon auratus) - Northern Brown BandicootNorthern Brown BandicootThe Northern Brown Bandicoot , a marsupial species, is a bandicoot found only on the northern and eastern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, mainly Papua New Guinea. It is not, however, found far inland....
, (Isoodon macrourus) - Southern Brown BandicootSouthern Brown BandicootThe Southern Brown Bandicoot , also known as the Quenda from the local Noongar tongue from South Western Australia, is a short-nosed bandicoot found mostly in southern Australia....
, (Isoodon obesulus)
- Golden Bandicoot
- Genus Perameles: long-nosed bandicoots
- Western Barred BandicootWestern Barred BandicootThe Western Barred Bandicoot , also known as the Marl, is a small species of bandicoot found in Australia. It was once widespread across southern Australia from Western Australia to central New South Wales, but it is now found on Bernier, Dorre and Faure islands in Shark Bay, Western Australia,...
, (Perameles bougainville) - Eastern Barred BandicootEastern Barred BandicootThe Eastern Barred Bandicoot was once distributed across the Basalt Plains of south west Victoria, and in Tasmania. It is a small, rabbit sized marsupial weighing less than 1 kg with a short tail and three to four whitish bars across the rump. It lives for just two to three years and is not...
, (Perameles gunnii) - Long-nosed BandicootLong-nosed BandicootThe Long-nosed Bandicoot is a species of bandicoot found in Australia. It is the largest member of its genus, which also includes the Western Barred Bandicoot, the Eastern Barred Bandicoot and the Desert Bandicoot....
, (Perameles nasuta) - †Desert BandicootDesert BandicootThe Desert Bandicoot is an extinct bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia. The last known specimen was collected in 1943 on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia...
, (Perameles eremiana)
- Western Barred Bandicoot
- Genus Isoodon: short-nosed bandicoots
- Subfamily Peroryctinae
- Genus Peroryctes: New Guinean long-nosed bandicoots
- Giant BandicootGiant BandicootThe Giant Bandicoot is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Peroryctes broadbenti) - Raffray's BandicootRaffray's BandicootRaffray's Bandicoot is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Peroryctes raffrayana)
- Giant Bandicoot
- Genus Peroryctes: New Guinean long-nosed bandicoots
- Subfamily Echymiperinae
- Genus Echymipera: New Guinean spiny bandicoots
- Long-nosed Spiny BandicootLong-nosed Spiny BandicootThe Long-nosed Echymipera , or Long-nosed Spiny Bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Echymipera rufescens) - Clara's Spiny BandicootClara's Spiny BandicootClara's Echymipera , or Clara's Spiny Bandicoot or White-lipped Bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
, (Echymipera clara) - Menzies' Spiny BandicootMenzies' Spiny BandicootMenzies' Echymipera , or Menzies' Spiny Bandicoot or Fly River Bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea....
, (Echymipera echinista) - Common Spiny BandicootCommon Spiny BandicootThe Common Echymipera , or Common Spiny Bandicoot, is a bandicoot. It is long-snouted even by bandicoot standards. The upper parts are a coarse reddish brown, flecked with spiny buff and black hairs. The tail is short and almost hairless...
, (Echymipera kaluba) - David's Spiny BandicootDavid's Spiny BandicootDavid's Echymipera , or David's Spiny Bandicoot, is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea....
, (Echymipera davidi)
- Long-nosed Spiny Bandicoot
- Genus Microperoryctes : New Guinean mouse bandicoots
- Mouse BandicootMouse BandicootThe Mouse Bandicoot is a species of marsupial in the family Peramelidae. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Microperoryctes murina) - Eastern Striped BandicootEastern Striped BandicootThe Eastern Striped Bandicoot is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea in the Enga Province. It is endemic to mountain forested habitats ranging from 1,000 – 3,600 m in elevation...
, (Microperoryctes ornata) - Western Striped BandicootWestern Striped BandicootThe Striped Bandicoot is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Microperoryctes longicauda) - Arfak Pygmy BandicootArfak Pygmy BandicootThe Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is endemic to the Arfak mountains in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua, in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
, (Microperoryctes aplini) - Papuan BandicootPapuan BandicootThe Papuan Bandicoot is a species of marsupial in the Peramelidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
, (Microperoryctes papuensis)
- Mouse Bandicoot
- Genus Rhynchomeles
- Seram Bandicoot, (Rhynchomeles prattorum)
- Genus Echymipera: New Guinean spiny bandicoots
- Subfamily Peramelinae
Suborder VombatiformesVombatiformesVombatiformes is one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. Five of the seven known families within this suborder are extinct; only the families Phascolarctidae, with the Koala, and Vombatidae, with three extant species of wombat, survive.Among the extinct families are...
(wombats and koalas)
- Family PhascolarctidaePhascolarctidaePhascolarctidae is a family of marsupials of the order Diprotodontia, consisting of only one extant species, the Koala, six well known fossil species, with another 5 less well known fossil species, and 2 fossil species whose taxonomy is debatable but is put in this group...
(Koala)- Genus PhascolarctosPhascolarctosThe genus Phascolarctos consists of 3 species, of which only one is alive today. The largest species was P. stirtoni that lived in the Pleistocene epoch...
- KoalaKoalaThe koala is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia, and the only extant representative of the family Phascolarctidae....
(Phascolarctos cinereus)
- Koala
- Genus Phascolarctos
- Family Vombatidae (wombatWombatWombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately in length with a short, stubby tail. They are adaptable in their habitat tolerances, and are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania, as well as...
s)- Genus LasiorhinusLasiorhinusLasiorhinus is the genus containing the two hairy-nosed wombats, which are found in Australia. The species are:* Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Lasiorhinus krefftii* Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Lasiorhinus latifrons...
(hairy-nosed wombats)- Northern Hairy-nosed WombatNorthern Hairy-nosed WombatThe Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat , also known as the Yaminon, is one of three species of wombats. It is one of the rarest large mammals in the world and is critically endangered...
(Lasiorhinus krefftii) - Southern Hairy-nosed WombatSouthern Hairy-nosed WombatThe Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat is one of three species of wombats. It is found in scattered areas of semi-arid scrub and mallee from the eastern Nullarbor Plain to the New South Wales border area. It is the smallest of all three wombat species. The young often do not survive dry seasons...
(Lasiorhinus latifrons)
- Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
- Genus Vombatus (Common Wombat)
- Common WombatCommon WombatThe common wombat , also known as the coarse-haired wombat or bare-nosed wombat, is a marsupial, one of three species of wombats and the only one in the genus Vombatus. The common wombat grows to an average of long and a weight of .- Taxonomy :The common wombat was first described by George Shaw...
(Vombatus ursinus)
- Common Wombat
- Genus Lasiorhinus
Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums and gliders)
- Superfamily Phalangeroidea
- Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums
- Genus BurramysBurramysBurramys is a genus of the family Burramyidae, and is represented by one living and 3 extinct species. It is one of two genera of pygmy possum, the other being Cercartetus.-Taxonomy:*Genus Burramys**†Burramys wakefieldi...
- Mountain Pygmy PossumMountain Pygmy PossumThe Mountain Pygmy Possum is a small, mouse-sized nocturnal marsupial of Australia found in dense alpine rock screes and boulder fields, mainly southern Victoria and around Mount Kosciuszko in Kosciuszko National Park in New South Wales at elevations from 1300 to 2230 m...
(Burramys parvus)
- Mountain Pygmy Possum
- Genus CercartetusCercartetusThe genus Cercartetus is a group of very small possums known as pygmy possums. Four species comprise this genus, which together with the genus Burramys make up the marsupial family Burramyidae....
- Long-tailed Pygmy PossumLong-tailed Pygmy PossumThe Long-tailed Pygmy Possum is a diprotodont marsupial found in the rainforests of northern Australia, Indonesia and New Guinea...
(Cercartetus caudatus) - Southwestern Pygmy PossumSouthwestern Pygmy PossumThe southwestern pygmy possum , commonly known as the western pygmy possum or the mundarda, is a small marsupial found in Australia...
(Cercartetus concinnus) - Tasmanian Pygmy PossumTasmanian Pygmy PossumThe Tasmanian pygmy possum , also known as the little pygmy possum, is the world's smallest possum. It was first described by Oldfield Thomas in 1888, after he identified that a museum specimen labelled as an eastern pygmy possum in fact represented a species then unknown to science...
(Cercartetus lepidus) - Eastern Pygmy PossumEastern Pygmy PossumThe Eastern Pygmy Possum is a diprotodont marsupial of south-eastern Australia. Occurring from southern Queensland to eastern South Australia and also Tasmania, it is found in a range of habitats, including rainforest, sclerophyll forest, woodland and heath.This species is very small, weighing...
(Cercartetus nanus)
- Long-tailed Pygmy Possum
- Genus Burramys
- Family PhalangeridaePhalangeridaePhalangeridae is a family of nocturnal marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including the cuscuses, brushtail possums, and their close relatives...
: brushtail possums and cuscuses- Subfamily Ailuropinae
- Genus Ailurops
- Talaud Bear CuscusTalaud Bear CuscusThe Talaud Bear Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to Salibabu Island in the Talaud Islands, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...
(Ailurops melanotis) - Sulawesi Bear CuscusSulawesi Bear CuscusThe Sulawesi Bear Cuscus or Sulawesi Bear Phalanger is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
(Ailurops ursinus)
- Talaud Bear Cuscus
- Genus Ailurops
- Subfamily Phalangerinae
- Tribe Phalangerini
- Genus PhalangerPhalangerPhalanger, from the Greek Phalangion, meaning spider's web, from their webbed toes is a genus of possum. They are marsupials of the family Phalangeridae...
- Gebe CuscusGebe CuscusThe Gebe Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the island of Gebe Umera, North Maluku province, Indonesia, where it lives at elevations from sea level to 300 m....
(Phalanger alexandrae) - Mountain CuscusMountain CuscusThe Mountain Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Phalanger carmelitae) - Ground CuscusGround CuscusThe Ground Cuscus is a marsupial from the order Diprotodontia and belongs within the family Phalangeridae, a diverse family consisting of the other cuscus species and the brushtail possums and the Scaly-tailed Possum .Body weight of the Ground Cuscus averages 2.5 – 3kg...
(Phalanger gymnotis) - Eastern Common CuscusEastern Common CuscusThe Eastern Common Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with P. mimicus, and before that also with P. orientalis....
(Phalanger intercastellanus) - Woodlark CuscusWoodlark CuscusThe Woodlark Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, specifically on Madau and Woodlark Island....
(Phalanger lullulae) - Blue-eyed CuscusBlue-eyed CuscusThe Blue-eyed Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the two small islands of Ternate and Tidore, west of the island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, Indonesia....
(Phalanger matabiruPhalanger matabiruThe Blue-eyed Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to the two small islands of Ternate and Tidore, west of the island of Halmahera of Indonesia....
) - Telefomin CuscusTelefomin CuscusThe Telefomin Cuscus is a possum found on New Guinea.It is named after the Telefol ethnic group, who knew the animal long before it was discovered scientifically by the Australian zoologist Tim Flannery. It lives in the oak forests along the Nong River in the middle of Papua New Guinea, at...
(Phalanger matanim) - Southern Common CuscusSouthern Common CuscusThe Southern Common Cuscus is also known as Australian Cuscus, Grey Cuscus, Grey Phalanger, and To-ili. An arboreal marsupial, it is endemic to Australia , southern New Guinea and possibly the Aru Islands. Until recently, it was considered conspecific with P. intercastellanus, and before that also...
(Phalanger mimicus) - Northern Common CuscusNorthern Common CuscusThe Northern Common Cuscus , also known as the Grey Cuscus, is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is native to northern New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands, but is now also found in the Bismarck Archipelago, south-east and central Moluccas, the Solomons and Timor, where it...
(Phalanger orientalis) - Ornate CuscusOrnate CuscusThe Ornate Cuscus or Molluccan Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found on the North Maluku islands of Halmahera, Bacan and Morotai, at elevations from sea level to 1000 m....
(Phalanger ornatus) - Rothschild's CuscusRothschild's CuscusRothschild's Cuscus , also called the Obi Island Cuscus, is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to the islands of Obi, Bisa and Obilatu in the Obi Islands of Maluku province, Indonesia....
(Phalanger rothschildi) - Silky CuscusSilky CuscusThe Silky Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Phalanger sericeus) - Stein's CuscusStein's CuscusStein's Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Phalanger vestitus)
- Gebe Cuscus
- Genus SpilocuscusSpilocuscusSpilocuscus is a genus of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.It contains the following species:*Admiralty Island Cuscus, Spilocuscus kraemeri*Common Spotted Cuscus, Spilocuscus maculatus*Waigeou Cuscus, Spilocuscus papuensis...
- Admiralty Island CuscusAdmiralty Island CuscusThe Admiralty Island Cuscus or Manus Island Spotted Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to the Admiralty Islands of Papua New Guinea. It is the smallest member of the genus Spilocuscus, and the female has a black back, while the male has blackish spots on a...
(Spilocuscus kraemeri) - Common Spotted CuscusCommon Spotted CuscusThe Common Spotted Cuscus is a cuscus, a marsupial that lives in the Cape York region of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.- Description :...
(Spilocuscus maculatus) - Waigeou CuscusWaigeou CuscusThe Waigeou Cuscus or Waigeou Spotted Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to the island of Waigeo in Indonesia, and consequently the spelling Waigeo Cuscus is often used instead of Waigeou Cuscus. Unlike all other members of the genus Spilocuscus, both...
(Spilocuscus papuensis) - Black-spotted CuscusBlack-spotted CuscusThe Black-spotted Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is among the largest members of the family, only being surpassed by the bear cuscus. It is a relatively colourful species with whitish or yellowish underparts, rich rufous crown and limbs, and a black saddle or...
(Spilocuscus rufoniger) - Blue-eyed Spotted CuscusBlue-eyed Spotted CuscusThe Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus or Biak Spotted Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to the islands of Biak and Supiori in the Cenderawasih Bay in West Papua of Indonesia...
(Spilocuscus wilsoni)
- Admiralty Island Cuscus
- Genus Phalanger
- Tribe Trichosurini
- Genus StrigocuscusStrigocuscusStrigocuscus is a marsupial genus in the family Phalangeridae. It contains the following species:* Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus * Peleng Cuscus...
- Sulawesi Dwarf CuscusSulawesi Dwarf CuscusThe Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae. It is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia....
(Strigocuscus celebensis) - Banggai CuscusBanggai CuscusThe Banggai Cuscus is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.It is a species of cuscus, a type of possum. It is found in the Peleng and Sula Islands of Indonesia....
(Strigocuscus pelegensis)
- Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus
- Genus Trichosurus
- Northern Brushtail PossumNorthern Brushtail PossumThe Northern Brushtail Possum is a nocturnal marsupial inhabiting northern Australia. It is closely related to the Short-eared Possum, Mountain Brushtail Possum, Coppery Brushtail Possum, and the Common Brushtail Possum, the other four species of its genus.- Appearance :Its fur is a grey in...
(Trichosurus arnhemensis) - Short-eared PossumShort-eared PossumThe Short-eared Possum is a species of marsupial in the Phalangeridae family. It is endemic to Australia.Found north of Sydney the species was once classed as a Mountain Brushtail Possum for which is its closest relative....
(Trichosurus caninus) - Mountain Brushtail PossumMountain Brushtail PossumThe Mountain Brushtail Possum, or Southern Bobuck , is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia...
(Trichosurus cunninghami) - Coppery Brushtail PossumCoppery Brushtail PossumThe Coppery Brushtail Possum is a species of marsupial possum in the family Phalangeridae. Coppery Brushtails are found within the Atherton Tablelands area of Queensland, in northeastern Australia. These mammals inhabit rainforest ecosystems, living within the tree canopy. Though they have a...
(Trichosurus johnstonii) - Common Brushtail PossumCommon Brushtail PossumThe Common Brushtail Possum is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae, it is native to Australia, and the largest of the possums.Like most possums, the Common Brushtail is nocturnal...
(Trichosurus vulpecula)
- Northern Brushtail Possum
- Genus Wyulda
- Scaly-tailed PossumScaly-tailed PossumThe Scaly-tailed Possum or the Ilangnalya is found in northwestern Australia. It is restricted to the Kimberley region in Western Australia...
(Wyulda squamicaudata)
- Scaly-tailed Possum
- Genus Strigocuscus
- Tribe Phalangerini
- Subfamily Ailuropinae
- Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums
- Superfamily PetauroideaPetauroideaPetauroidea is a superfamily of marsupials from Australia and New Guinea. It is part of the suborder Phalangeriformes within the order Diprotodontia, which also includes, among others, wombats, kangaroos, cuscuses...
- Family PseudocheiridaePseudocheiridaePseudocheiridae is a family of arboreal marsupials containing 17 extant species of ringtailed possums and close relatives. They are found in forested areas and shrublands throughout Australia and New Guinea.-Characteristics:...
- Subfamily Hemibelideinae
- Genus Hemibelideus
- Lemur-like Ringtail PossumLemur-like Ringtail PossumThe Lemur-like Ringtail Possum , also known as the Lemuroid Ringtail Possum or the Brushy-Tailed Ringtail, is one of the most singular members of the ringtail possum group...
(Hemibelideus lemuroides)
- Lemur-like Ringtail Possum
- Genus Petauroides
- Greater GliderGreater GliderThe Greater Glider is a small gliding marsupial found in Australia. It is not closely related to the Petaurus group of gliding marsupials but instead to the Lemur-like Ringtail Possum , with which it shares the subfamily Hemibelideinae.The Greater Glider is nocturnal and is a solitary herbivore...
(Petauroides volans)
- Greater Glider
- Genus Hemibelideus
- Subfamily Pseudocheirinae
- Genus Petropseudes
- Rock-haunting Ringtail PossumRock-haunting Ringtail PossumThe Rock-haunting Ringtail Possum , also known as the Rock Ringtail Possum, is a species of Australian possum. It is found in rocky escarpments in the Kimberley, Arnhem Land and Gulf of Carpentaria across Western Australia and Northern Territory and just passing the Queensland border. It is also...
(Petropseudes dahli)
- Rock-haunting Ringtail Possum
- Genus PseudocheirusPseudocheirusPseudocheirus is a genus of ringtail possums . It includes a single living species, the Common Ringtail Possum of Australia, as well as the fossil Pseudocheirus marshalli from the Pliocene of Victoria.Other species have previously been included in this genus...
- Common Ringtail PossumCommon Ringtail PossumThe common ringtail possum is an Australian marsupial. It lives in a variety of habitats and eats a variety of leaves of both native and introduced plants, as well as flowers and fruits. These dietary factors have, over time, aided burgeoning introduced populations in New Zealand...
(Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
- Common Ringtail Possum
- Genus PseudochirulusPseudochirulusPseudochirulus is a genus of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family native to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.It contains the following species:*Lowland Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus canescens...
- Lowland Ringtail PossumLowland Ringtail PossumThe Lowland Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Pseudochirulus canescens) - Weyland Ringtail PossumWeyland Ringtail PossumThe Weyland Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is endemic to the western Central Cordillera of Papua Province, Indonesia....
(Pseudochirulus caroli) - Cinereus Ringtail PossumCinereus Ringtail PossumThe Cinereus Ringtail Possum , also known as the Daintree River Ringtail Possum, is a species of possum found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It was long believed to be the same as the Herbert River Ringtail Possum , but has recently been separated...
(Pseudochirulus cinereus) - Painted Ringtail PossumPainted Ringtail PossumThe Painted Ringtail Possum or Moss-forest Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Pseudochirulus forbesi) - Herbert River Ringtail PossumHerbert River Ringtail PossumThe Herbert River Ringtail Possum is a species of possum found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It a dark brown to black species, sometimes with a white belly....
(Pseudochirulus herbertensis) - Masked Ringtail PossumMasked Ringtail PossumThe Masked Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirulus larvatus, is a marsupial possum of the family Pseudocheiridae. It is found in northeastern New Guinea in the Star Mountains. the eastern Central Cordillera, the Huon Peninsula and the northern coast ranges. Masked Ringtails are arboreal residents of...
(Pseudochirulus larvatus) - Pygmy Ringtail PossumPygmy Ringtail PossumThe Pygmy Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.-External links:*...
(Pseudochirulus mayeri) - Vogelkop Ringtail PossumVogelkop Ringtail PossumThe Vogelkop Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is endemic to the Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua, Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Pseudochirulus schlegeli)
- Lowland Ringtail Possum
- Genus Petropseudes
- Subfamily Pseudochiropinae
- Genus PseudochiropsPseudochiropsPseudochirops is a genus of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family.It contains the following species:*D'Albertis' Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirops albertisii*Green Ringtail Possum, Pseudochirops archeri...
- D'Albertis' Ringtail PossumD'Albertis' Ringtail PossumD'Albertis' Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
(Pseudochirops albertisii) - Green Ringtail PossumGreen Ringtail PossumThe Green Ringtail Possum is a species of ringtail possum found only in northern Australia. This makes it unique in its genus, all other members of which are found in New Guinea or nearby islands...
(Pseudochirops archeri) - Plush-coated Ringtail PossumPlush-coated Ringtail PossumThe Plush-coated Ringtail Possum or Golden Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
(Pseudochirops corinnae) - Reclusive Ringtail PossumReclusive Ringtail PossumThe Reclusive Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is endemic to the Arfak Mountains in the Vogelkop Peninsula of West Papua, Indonesia....
(Pseudochirops coronatus) - Coppery Ringtail PossumCoppery Ringtail PossumThe Coppery Ringtail Possum is a species of marsupial in the Pseudocheiridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Pseudochirops cupreus)
- D'Albertis' Ringtail Possum
- Genus Pseudochirops
- Subfamily Hemibelideinae
- Family PetauridaePetauridaeThe family Petauridae includes 11 medium-sized possum species: four striped possums, the six species wrist-winged gliders in genus Petaurus, and Leadbeater's Possum which has only vestigal gliding membranes...
- Genus DactylopsilaDactylopsilaDactylopsila is a genus of marsupial in the Petauridae family.It contains the following species:*Great-tailed Triok, Dactylopsila megalura*Long-fingered Triok, Dactylopsila palpator*Tate's Triok, Dactylopsila tatei...
- Great-tailed TriokGreat-tailed TriokThe Great-tailed Triok is a species of marsupial in the Petauridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
(Dactylopsila megalura) - Long-fingered TriokLong-fingered TriokThe Long-fingered Triok is a species of marsupial in the Petauridae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Dactylopsila palpator) - Tate's TriokTate's TriokTate's Triok, also known as the Fergusson Island Striped Possum , is a species of marsupial in the Petauridae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
(Dactylopsila tatei) - Striped PossumStriped PossumThe Striped Possum is a member of the Petauridae family, one of the marsupial families. The species is black with three white stripes running head to tail, and its head has white stripes that form a 'Y' shape...
(Dactylopsila trivirgata)
- Great-tailed Triok
- Genus Gymnobelideus
- Leadbeater's PossumLeadbeater's PossumLeadbeater's Possum is an endangered possum restricted to small pockets of remaining old growth mountain ash forests in the central highlands of Victoria north-east of Melbourne...
(Gymnobelideus leadbeateri)
- Leadbeater's Possum
- Genus PetaurusPetaurusThe genus Petaurus contains flying phalangers or wrist-winged gliders, a group of arboreal marsupials. There are six species, Sugar Glider, Squirrel Glider, Mahogany Glider, Northern Glider, Yellow-bellied Glider and Biak Glider, and are native to Australia or New Guinea.Flying phalangers are...
- Northern GliderNorthern GliderThe Northern Glider is a species of marsupial in the Petauridae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is dry savanna....
(Petaurus abidi) - Yellow-bellied GliderYellow-bellied GliderThe Yellow-bellied Glider is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in a narrow range of native eucalypt forests down eastern Australia, reaching from northern Queensland to Victoria.-Habitat:...
(Petaurus australis) - Biak GliderBiak GliderThe Biak Glider is a species of marsupial in the Petauridae family. It is endemic to the Schouten Islands in West Papua of Indonesia....
(Petaurus biacensis) - Sugar GliderSugar GliderThe sugar glider is a small gliding possum originating from the marsupial family.The sugar glider is native to eastern and northern mainland Australia and is also native to New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago.- Habitat :Sugar gliders can be found all throughout the northern and eastern parts of...
(Petaurus breviceps) - Mahogany GliderMahogany GliderThe mahogany glider is an endangered gliding possum native to a small region of coastal Queensland.-Appearance:A nocturnal arboreal marsupial, the mahogany glider closely resembles the sugar glider, the squirrel glider and the yellow-bellied glider., but is noticeably larger than any of its...
(Petaurus gracilis) - Squirrel GliderSquirrel GliderThe Squirrel Glider is a nocturnal gliding possum, one of the wrist-winged gliders of the genus Petaurus.-Habitat:...
(Petaurus norfolcensis)
- Northern Glider
- Genus Dactylopsila
- Family Tarsipedidae
- Genus Tarsipes
- Honey PossumHoney PossumThe honey possum or tait, its Native Australian name or noolbenger is a tiny Australian marsupial weighing just seven to eleven grams for the male, and eight to sixteen grams for the female—about half the weight of a mouse. Their physical size ranges from a body length of between 6.5 –...
(Tarsipes rostratus)
- Honey Possum
- Genus Tarsipes
- Family AcrobatidaeAcrobatidaeAcrobatidae is a small family of gliding marsupials containing two genera, each with a single species, the Feathertail Glider from Australia and Feather-tailed Possum from New Guinea....
- Genus Acrobates
- Feathertail GliderFeathertail GliderThe Feathertail Glider , also known as the Pygmy Gliding Possum, Pygmy Glider, Pygmy Phalanger, Flying Phalanger and Flying Mouse, is the world's smallest gliding possum and is named for its long feather-shaped tail. Although only the size of a very small mouse , it can leap and glide up to 25 metres...
(Acrobates pygmaeus)
- Feathertail Glider
- Genus Distoechurus
- Feather-tailed PossumFeather-tailed PossumThe Feather-tailed Possum is a species of marsupial in the Acrobatidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.It is the only species in the genus Distoechurus....
(Distoechurus pennatus)
- Feather-tailed Possum
- Genus Acrobates
- Family Pseudocheiridae
Suborder MacropodiformesMacropodiformesMacropodiformes is one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potaroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder.- Classification :...
(kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies)
- Family Macropodidae
- Subfamily SthenurinaeSthenurinaeSthenurinae is a sub-family within the marsupial family Macropodidae, meaning 'short faced kangaroos'. No members of this subfamily remain extant today, with all becoming extinct by the late Pleistocene. Procoptodon goliah, the largest macropodid known to have existed, was a sthenurine...
- Genus Lagostrophus
- Banded Hare-wallabyBanded Hare-wallabyThe Banded Hare-wallaby or Mernine is a marsupial that is currently found on the Islands of Bernier and Dorre off western Australia. A small population has recently been established on Faure Island and it appears to have been successful...
(Lagostrophus fasciatus)
- Banded Hare-wallaby
- Genus Lagostrophus
- Subfamily MacropodinaeMacropodinaeMacropodinae is a subfamily of marsupials in the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, and related species. The subfamily includes about ten genera and at least 51 species. It includes all living members of the Macropodidae except for the Banded Hare-wallaby , the only...
- Genus Dendrolagus: tree-kangarooTree-kangarooTree-kangaroos are macropods adapted for life in trees. They are found in the rainforests of New Guinea, far northeastern Queensland, and nearby islands. Although most are found in mountainous areas, several species also occur in lowlands, such as the aptly named Lowlands Tree-kangaroo...
s- Grizzled Tree-kangarooGrizzled Tree-kangarooThe Grizzled Tree-kangaroo is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in foothill forest in northern and western New Guinea. It is also known from the island of Yapen, while its occurrence on Salawati and Waigeo is uncertain....
(Dendrolagus inustus) - Lumholtz's Tree-kangarooLumholtz's Tree-kangarooLumholtz's Tree-kangaroo is a heavy-bodied tree-kangaroo found in rain forests of the Atherton Tableland Region of Queensland. Its status is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, although local authorities classify it as rare...
(Dendrolagus lumholtzi) - Bennett's Tree-kangarooBennett's Tree-kangarooBennett's Tree-kangaroo, or Dendrolagus bennettianus, is a large tree-kangaroo. Males can weigh from 11.5 kg up to almost 14 kg , while the females range between about 8 to 10.6 kg...
(Dendrolagus bennettianus) - Ursine Tree-kangarooUrsine Tree-kangarooThe Ursine Tree-kangaroo is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is endemic to the Vogelkop and possibly the Fak-fak peninsulas, West Papua, Indonesia. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Dendrolagus ursinus) - Matschie's Tree-kangarooMatschie's Tree-kangarooMatschie's Tree-kangaroo , also known as the Huon Tree-kangaroo is a tree-kangaroo native to the Huon Peninsula of North Eastern New Guinea...
(Dendrolagus matschiei) - Doria's Tree-kangarooDoria's Tree-kangarooDoria's Tree-kangaroo is a tree-kangaroo found in montane forests of New Guinea at elevations between 600-3650m. It is mostly solitary and nocturnal...
(Dendrolagus dorianus) - Goodfellow's Tree-kangarooGoodfellow's Tree-kangarooGoodfellow's Tree-kangaroo , also called the Ornate Tree Kangaroo, belongs to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies and their relatives, and the genus Dendrolagus, with eleven other species. The species is native to the rainforests of New Guinea, and the border of central...
(Dendrolagus goodfellowi) - Lowlands Tree-kangarooLowlands Tree-kangarooThe Lowland Tree Kangaroo is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Dendrolagus spadix) - Golden-mantled Tree-kangarooGolden-mantled Tree-kangarooThe Golden-mantled Tree-kangaroo is a species of tree-kangaroo native and endemic to montane forests of northern New Guinea. It has chestnut brown short coat with a pale belly, and yellowish neck, cheeks and feet. A double golden stripe runs down its back...
(Dendrolagus pulcherrimus) - Seri's Tree-kangarooSeri's Tree-kangarooSeri's Tree-kangaroo, Dendrolagus stellarum, is a species of tree-kangaroo native and endemic to montane forests of west-central New Guinea...
(Dendrolagus stellarum) - DingisoDingisoThe Dingiso , also known as Bondegezou , is a species of tree-kangaroo native and endemic to Western New Guinea of Indonesia, where it lives in alpine forests in the Sudirman Range at elevations of 3250 to 4200 m, just below the tree line.It was first filmed for the BBC documentary South Pacific in...
(Dendrolagus mbaiso) - TenkileTenkileThe Tenkile , also known as Scott's Tree-kangaroo, is a species of tree-kangaroo in the Macropodidae family. It is endemic to a very small area of the Torricelli Mountains of Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.The Tenkile...
(Dendrolagus scottae)
- Grizzled Tree-kangaroo
- Genus DorcopsisDorcopsisThe dorcopsises are the marsupials of the genera Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus. They are found in the tropical forests of New Guinea and Southeast Indonesia. They are placed in the subfamily Macropodinae, along with other Australasian marsupials such as wallabies, kangaroos, tree-kangaroos, pademelons,...
- Brown DorcopsisBrown DorcopsisThe Brown Dorcopsis is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is endemic to the lowlands of West New Guinea and the nearby Indonesian islands in West Papua of Misool, Salawati, and Yapen....
(Dorcopsis muelleri) - White-striped DorcopsisWhite-striped DorcopsisThe greater forest wallaby or white-striped dorcopsis is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Dorcopsis hageni) - Black DorcopsisBlack DorcopsisThe Black Dorcopsis or Black Forest Wallaby is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Dorcopsis atrata) - Gray DorcopsisGray DorcopsisThe Gray Dorcopsis is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Dorcopsis luctuosa)
- Brown Dorcopsis
- Genus DorcopsulusDorcopsulusDorcopsulus is a genus of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It contains the following species:* Macleay's Dorcopsis * Small Dorcopsis...
- Small DorcopsisSmall DorcopsisThe Lesser Forest-wallaby or Small Dorcopsis is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Dorcopsulus vanheurni) - Macleay's DorcopsisMacleay's DorcopsisMacleay's Dorcopsis , also known as the Papuan Dorcopsis or the Papuan Forest-wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Dorcopsulus macleayi)
- Small Dorcopsis
- Genus LagorchestesLagorchestesLagorchestes is a genus containing all but one of the species referred to as hare-wallabies. It has four species, two of which are extinct:* †Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus...
- †Lake Mackay Hare-wallabyLake Mackay Hare-wallabyThe Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby , also known as the Central Hare-wallaby or Kuluwarri, is an extinct species of macropod formerly found in central Australia. Very little is known about it....
(Lagorchestes asomatus) - Spectacled Hare-wallabySpectacled Hare-wallabyThe Spectacled Hare-wallaby is a species of macropod found in Australia and New Guinea. In Australia, a small sub-population is found on Barrow Island, while the mainland type is widespread, though in decline, across northern regions of the country.-Description:A species of Lagorchestes,...
(Lagorchestes conspicillatus) - Rufous Hare-wallabyRufous Hare-wallabyThe rufous hare-wallaby , also known as the Mala, is a small macropod found in Australia. It was formerly widely distributed across the western half of the continent but is now confined to Bernier Island and Dorre Island Islands off Western Australia...
(Lagorchestes hirsutus) - †Eastern Hare-wallabyEastern Hare-wallabyThe Eastern Hare-wallaby , once also known as the Common Hare Wallaby, is an extinct species of wallaby that was native to southwestern Australia. It was first described by John Gould in 1841.-Description:...
(Lagorchestes leporides)
- †Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby
- Genus MacropusMacropusMacropus is a marsupial genus that belongs to the family Macropodidae, it has 14 species which are further divided into 3 subgenera. The genus includes all terrestrial kangaroos, wallaroos and several species of wallaby. The term itself is derived from the Ancient Greek makros "long" and pous...
: kangarooKangarooA kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae . In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, especially those of the genus Macropus, Red Kangaroo, Antilopine Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Western Grey Kangaroo. Kangaroos are endemic to the country...
s and wallabiesWallabyA wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod . It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been given some other name.-Overview:...
- Subgenus Notamacropus
- Agile WallabyAgile WallabyThe Agile Wallaby , also known as the Sandy Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It is the most common wallaby in Australia's north....
(Macropus agilis) - Black-striped WallabyBlack-striped WallabyThe Black-striped Wallaby , also known as the Scrub Wallaby, is a medium-sized wallaby found in Australia, from Townsville in Queensland to Narrabri in New South Wales. In New South Wales it is only found west of the Great Dividing Range. It is decreasing in these areas, but is not classified as...
(Macropus dorsalis) - Tammar WallabyTammar WallabyThe Tammar Wallaby , also known as the Dama Wallaby or Darma Wallaby, is a small member of the kangaroo family and is the model species for research on kangaroos and marsupials. It is found on offshore islands on the South Australian and Western Australian coast...
(Macropus eugenii) - †Toolache WallabyToolache WallabyThe Toolache Wallaby or Grey's Wallaby is an extinct species of wallaby from south-eastern South Australia and South-western Victoria. Many people considered it to be the most elegant, graceful and swift species of kangaroo. It had fine fur with alternating bands of darker and lighter grey across...
(Macropus greyii) - Western Brush WallabyWestern Brush WallabyThe Western Brush Wallaby , also known as the Black-gloved Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in southwestern Western Australia. The main threat towards it seems to be predation by the introduced Red Fox...
(Macropus irma) - Parma WallabyParma WallabyThe Parma Wallaby was first described by British naturalist John Gould in about 1840. A shy, cryptic creature of the wet sclerophyll forests of southern New South Wales, it was never common and, even before the end of the 19th century, it was believed to be extinct...
: (Macropus parma) (rediscovered, thought extinct for 100 years) - Whiptail WallabyWhiptail WallabyThe Whiptail Wallaby , also known as the Pretty-faced Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in eastern Australia. It is locally common from Cooktown in Queensland to near Grafton in New South Wales.-Description:...
: (Macropus parryi) - Red-necked WallabyRed-necked WallabyThe Red-necked Wallaby is a medium-sized marsupial macropod, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania.- Description :...
: (Macropus rufogriseus)
- Agile Wallaby
- Subgenus Osphranter
- Antilopine KangarooAntilopine KangarooThe Antilopine Kangaroo sometimes called the Antilopine Wallaroo or the Antilopine Wallaby, is a species of macropod found in northern Australia: in Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, the Top End of the Northern Territory, and the Kimberley region of Western Australia...
(Macropus antilopinus) - Woodward's WallarooWoodward's WallarooWoodward's Wallaroo , also known as the Black Wallaroo and Bernard's Wallaroo, is a species of macropod restricted to a small, mountainous area in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, between South Alligator River and Nabarlek...
(Macropus bernardus) - Eastern WallarooEastern WallarooThe Eastern Wallaroo also known as the Common Wallaroo or the Hill Wallaroo is part of the Wallaroo family . It is a large, variable species of macropod ....
(Macropus robustus) - Red KangarooRed KangarooThe Red Kangaroo is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest mammal native to Australia, and the largest surviving marsupial. It is found across mainland Australia, avoiding only the more fertile areas in the south, the east coast, and the northern rainforests.-Description:This species is a very...
(Macropus rufus)
- Antilopine Kangaroo
- Subgenus Macropus
- Western Grey KangarooWestern Grey KangarooThe Western Grey Kangaroo is a large and very common kangaroo or macropod, found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland...
(Macropus fuliginosus) - Eastern Grey KangarooEastern Grey KangarooThe Eastern Grey Kangaroo is a marsupial found in southern and eastern Australia, with a population of several million. It is also known as the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Forester Kangaroo...
(Macropus giganteus)
- Western Grey Kangaroo
- Subgenus Notamacropus
- Genus Onychogalea
- Bridled Nail-tail WallabyBridled Nail-tail WallabyBridled Nail-tail Wallaby refers to Onychogalea fraenata, an endangered species of marsupial. It is a small wallaby found in three isolated areas in Queensland, Australia, and whose population is declining...
(Onychogalea fraenata) - †Crescent Nail-tail WallabyCrescent Nail-tail WallabyThe Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby was a nail-tail wallaby that lived in the woodlands and scrubs of the west and centre of Australia. It had silky fur and, like other nail-tail wallabies, had a horny spur at the tip of its tail. It was the size of a hare and was the smallest nail-tail wallaby at...
(Onychogalea lunata) - Northern Nail-tail WallabyNorthern Nail-tail WallabyThe Northern Nail-tail Wallaby , also known as the Sandy Nail-tail Wallaby, is a species of macropod found in Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory. Unlike the Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby , the Northern Nail-tail Wallaby is not a threatened species. The only other member of the genus,...
(Onychogalea unguifera)
- Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby
- Genus Petrogale
- P. brachyotis species-group
- Short-eared Rock-wallabyShort-eared Rock-wallabyThe Short-eared Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby found in northern Australia, in the northernmost parts of Northern Territory and Western Australia...
(Petrogale brachyotis) - MonjonMonjonThe Monjon , also known as the Warabi and Burbridge's Rock Weasel, is the smallest of the many species of rock-wallaby found in Australia. It is found in areas of the Kimberley region of Western Australia and also on some islands in the Bonaparte Archipelago.The Monjon was described in 1978, having...
(Petrogale burbidgei) - NabarlekNabarlekThe Nabarlek , also known as the Pygmy Rock-wallaby or the Little Rock-wallaby, is a very small species of macropod found in northern Australia...
(Petrogale concinna)
- Short-eared Rock-wallaby
- P. xanthopus species-group
- Proserpine Rock-wallabyProserpine Rock-wallabyThe Proserpine Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby restricted to a small area in the in Conway National Park, Dryander National Park, Gloucester Island National Park, and around the town of Airlie Beach, all in Whitsunday Shire in Queensland, Australia...
(Petrogale persephone) - Rothschild's Rock-wallabyRothschild's Rock-wallabyRothschild's Rock-wallaby , sometimes known as the Roebourne Rock-wallaby, is a species of macropod found in Western Australia, in the Pilbara district and the Dampier Archipelago...
(Petrogale rothschildi) - Yellow-footed Rock-wallabyYellow-footed Rock-wallabyThe Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby is a member of the macropod family ....
(Petrogale xanthopus)
- Proserpine Rock-wallaby
- P. lateralis/penicillata species-group
- Allied Rock-wallabyAllied Rock-wallabyThe Allied Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is very similar to six other species of rock-wallaby found in this area, including the Cape York Rock-wallaby , the Unadorned Rock-wallaby , and Herbert's Rock-wallaby The Allied Rock-wallaby...
(Petrogale assimilis) - Cape York Rock-wallabyCape York Rock-wallabyThe Cape York Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby restricted to Cape York Peninsula in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related rock-wallabies, all found in northeastern Queensland, also including the Mount Claro Rock-wallaby , the Mareeba...
(Petrogale coenensis) - Godman's Rock-wallabyGodman's Rock-wallabyGodman's Rock-wallaby is a diprotodont marsupial, and a rather typical rock-wallaby. It is found in northern and north-eastern Queensland, Australia. This rock-wallaby is found in low open forest, open scrub, or montane regions, often near the coast. It shelters in rocky terrain adjacent to...
(Petrogale godmani) - Herbert's Rock-wallabyHerbert's Rock-wallabyHerbert's Rock-wallaby is a member of a group of seven very closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. Herbert's is the most southerly and most widespread of the group....
(Petrogale herberti) - Unadorned Rock-wallabyUnadorned Rock-wallabyThe Unadorned Rock-wallaby is a member of a group of closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is paler than most of its relatives and even plainer, hence its common name....
(Petrogale inornata) - Black-flanked Rock-wallabyBlack-flanked Rock-wallabyThe Black-flanked Rock-wallaby , also known as the Black-footed Rock-wallaby or Warru, is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale.-Description:...
(Petrogale lateralis) - Mareeba Rock-wallabyMareeba Rock-wallabyThe Mareeba Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related species which also include the Cape York Rock-wallaby , the Unadorned Rock-wallaby and the Allied Rock-wallaby The Mareeba Rock-wallaby...
(Petrogale mareeba) - Brush-tailed Rock-wallabyBrush-tailed Rock-wallabyThe Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby or Small-eared Rock-wallaby is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale. It inhabits rock piles and cliff lines along the Great Dividing Range from about 100 km north-west of Brisbane to northern Victoria, in vegetation ranging from...
(Petrogale penicillata) - Purple-necked Rock-wallabyPurple-necked Rock-wallabyThe Purple-necked Rock-wallaby was first classified in 1924 by Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, then director of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, who noted a strange purple colouration around the neck as well as skull differences separating it from other rock-wallaby species...
(Petrogale purpureicollis) - Mt. Claro Rock-wallabyMt. Claro Rock-wallabyThe Mount Claro Rock-wallaby , also known as Sharman's Rock-wallaby, is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related species also including Godman's Rock-wallaby and Herbert's Rock-wallaby The Mount Claro...
(Petrogale sharmani)
- Allied Rock-wallaby
- P. brachyotis species-group
- Genus Setonix
- QuokkaQuokkaThe Quokka , the only member of the genus Setonix, is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family , the Quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal...
(Setonix brachyurus)
- Quokka
- Genus Thylogale
- Tasmanian PademelonTasmanian PademelonThe Tasmanian Pademelon , also known as the Rufous-bellied Pademelon or Red-bellied Pademelon, is the sole endemic species of pademelon found in Tasmania, and formerly throughout south-eastern Australia...
(Thylogale billardierii) - Brown's PademelonBrown's PademelonBrown's Pademelon is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It...
(Thylogale browni) - Dusky PademelonDusky PademelonThe dusky pademelon or dusky wallaby is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in the Aru and Kai islands and the Trans Fly savanna and grasslands ecoregion of Papua Province of Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea...
(Thylogale brunii) - Calaby's PademelonCalaby's PademelonCalaby's Pademelon , also known as the Alpine Wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland...
(Thylogale calabyi) - Mountain PademelonMountain PademelonThe Mountain Pademelon is a member of the Thylogale genus. It is found only in Papua New Guinea....
(Thylogale lanatus) - Red-legged PademelonRed-legged PademelonThe Red-legged Pademelon is a species of small macropod found on the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea. In Australia it has a scattered distribution from the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to around Tamworth in New South Wales...
(Thylogale stigmatica) - Red-necked PademelonRed-necked PademelonThe Red-necked Pademelon is a forest-dwelling marsupial living in the eastern coastal region of Australia. Mainly nocturnal, the Red-necked Pademelon is very shy and generally inhabits temperate forests near grassland, hiding in the forests by day and emerging into the grasslands to graze in the...
(Thylogale thetis)
- Tasmanian Pademelon
- Genus Wallabia
- Swamp WallabySwamp WallabyThe Swamp Wallaby is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia. This wallaby is also commonly known as the Black Wallaby, with other names including Black-tailed Wallaby, Fern Wallaby, Black Pademelon, Stinker , and Black Stinker...
or Black Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
- Swamp Wallaby
- Genus Dendrolagus: tree-kangaroo
- Subfamily Sthenurinae
- Family PotoroidaePotoroidaeThe marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos, and two of the rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby.- Characteristics :...
- Subfamily Potoroinae
- Genus Aepyprymnus
- Rufous Rat-kangarooRufous Rat-kangarooThe Rufous Rat-kangaroo , also known as the Rufous Bettong, is a small species of the family Potoroidae found in Australia. It is found in coastal and subcoastal regions from Newcastle in New South Wales to Cooktown in Queensland, and was formerly found in the Murray River Valley of New South Wales...
(Aepyprymnus rufescens)
- Rufous Rat-kangaroo
- Genus Aepyprymnus
- Subfamily Potoroinae
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- Genus Bettongia
- Eastern BettongEastern BettongThe Eastern Bettong , also known as the Southern Bettong and Tasmanian Bettong, is a bettong whose natural range includes south-eastern Australia and the eastern part of Tasmania. Following the introduction of the red fox, it became extinct on mainland Australia around 1890.- Diet and Behaviour...
(Bettongia gaimardi) - BoodieBoodieThe Boodie , also known as the Burrowing Bettong, is a small marsupial. It is a fascinating example of the effects of introduced animals on Australian fauna and ecosystems. Once the most common macropodiform mammal on the whole continent, the Boodie now only lives on off-lying islands and in a...
(Bettongia lesueur) - WoylieWoylieThe Woylie , also known as the Brush-tailed Bettong, is a small marsupial that belongs to the genus Bettongia. It is endemic to Australia...
(Bettongia penicillata) - Northern BettongNorthern BettongThe Northern Bettong is a small potoroid marsupial which is restricted to some areas of mixed open Eucalyptus woodlands and Allocasuarina forests bordering rainforests in far northeastern Queensland, Australia....
(Bettongia tropica)
- Eastern Bettong
- Genus Caloprymnus
- †Desert Rat-kangarooDesert Rat-kangarooThe Desert Rat-kangaroo , also called the Buff-nosed Rat-kangaroo or the Plains Rat-kangaroo, is an extinct marsupial that lived in a sand ridge and gibber plain habitat in southwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia. It was the size of a small rabbit...
(Caloprymnus campestris)
- †Desert Rat-kangaroo
- Genus Potorous
- Gilbert's PotorooGilbert's PotorooGilbert's Potoroo is an Australian marsupial, sometimes called a rat-kangaroo, that is critically endangered. It is described as pointed in the face and about the size of a rabbit. It lives in a restricted area on the southwest coast of Western Australia. Gilbert's Potoroos now exist on Bald...
(Potorous gilbertii) - Long-footed PotorooLong-footed PotorooThe Long-footed Potoroo is a species of potoroo found in southeastern Australia, in a small area around the coastal border between New South Wales and Victoria. It was discovered in 1967 when an adult male was caught in a dog trap in the forest southwest of Bonang, Victoria...
(Potorous longipes) - †Broad-faced PotorooBroad-faced PotorooThe Broad-faced Potoroo is an extinct species of marsupial that once lived in Australia. The first specimen was collected in 1839 and described by John Gould in 1844, but even then it was rare and only a handful of specimens were ever collected, the last in 1875...
(Potorous platyops) - Long-nosed PotorooLong-nosed PotorooThe Long-nosed Potoroo is a species of Australian potoroo. It is listed as Endangered in Victoria , Vulnerable in Queensland and nationally , although the IUCN lists it as Lower Risk.At first glance the Long-nosed Potoroo with its...
(Potorous tridactylus)
- Gilbert's Potoroo
- Genus Bettongia
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- Family HypsiprymnodontidaeHypsiprymnodontidaeThe Hypsiprymnodontidae are a family of macropods, one of two families containing animals commonly referred to as rat-kangaroos. There is a single known extant genus and species in this family, the Musky Rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, which occurs in northern Australia and New Guinea....
- Genus Hypsiprymnodon
- Musky Rat-kangarooMusky Rat-kangarooThe Musky Rat-kangaroo is a marsupial species found in the rainforests of northeast Australia. Although some scientists place this species as a subfamily of the family Potoroidae, the most recent classification places it in the family Hypsiprymnodontidae with prehistoric rat-kangaroos.It is the...
(Hypsiprymnodon moschatus)
- Musky Rat-kangaroo
- Genus Hypsiprymnodon