Mammals > Marsupials
The Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis) is a compact, shy forest-dwelling macropod native to the lush coastal mountain ranges and rainforest margins of eastern Australia. Easily distinguished by its warm rufous-red neck and shoulders, this miniature wallaby rarely...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Stripe-faced Dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura) is a feisty, mouse-sized carnivorous marsupial widely distributed across the desert heart of Australia. Belonging to the family Dasyuridae, it is easily identified by a prominent dark stripe running down the center of...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Mountain Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus cunninghami), also known in indigenous folklore and vernacular speech as the Bobuck, is a large, heavily built arboreal marsupial native to the misty montane forests of southeastern Australia. Distinguishable from the common...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Brown Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii), also known as Stuart’s Antechinus, is a small, shrew-like carnivorous marsupial endemic to the dense temperate and subtropical forests of eastern Australia. Belonging to the family Dasyuridae, it is globally celebrated...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Fat-tailed Dunnart (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) is a diminutive, highly adaptable carnivorous marsupial belonging to the family Dasyuridae, native to the arid interior and open grasslands of Australia. Often mistaken for a mouse, this fierce nocturnal predator is...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus), widely celebrated across Australia and Tasmania as Bennett’s Wallaby, is one of the most familiar, handsome, and adaptable medium-sized macropods of eastern Australia. Easily recognized by the bright, rusty-red...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Long-tailed Planigale (Planigale ingrami) holds the extraordinary zoological distinction of being the smallest living marsupial in the world, often weighing less than a single teaspoon of sugar. Belonging to the carnivorous marsupial family Dasyuridae, this...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Chilean Mouse Opossum (Thylamys elegans), locally known in Spanish as the ‘Llaca’ or ‘Marmosa elegante,’ is a tiny, resilient didelphid marsupial endemic to the Mediterranean matorral scrub and Andean foothills of central Chile....
Mammals > Marsupials
The Northern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) is a robust terrestrial marsupial native to the tropical and subtropical margins of northern and eastern Australia and southern Papua New Guinea. Recognized as the largest member of the family Peramelidae, this...
Mammals > Marsupials
The Southern Brown Bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus), celebrated in Australian Aboriginal Noongar culture as the Quenda, is a robust, compact, and ecologically transformative marsupial belonging to the short-nosed bandicoot family (Peramelidae). Native to the dense...
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