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Australia's fossil past - Australia's Culture PortalThis includes Pleistocene era Aboriginal body fossils, many of which were removed and sent overseas. The Riversleigh fossil site, near Mount Isa Queensland, is recognised as one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh and Narrac...
Almost all of Australia's native mammals are marsupials. There are only two types of monotreme in the world - the platypus and the echidna - and both of them are found in Australia. Platypuses are found all along the eastern coast of Australia, from Tas...
But perhaps our most mysterious animal is the thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, which is considered to have become extinct in 1936. The now-extinct Tasmanian Tiger. Although commonly called the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf, the thylacine has more in co...
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Quenda Books is an independent publisher of children's books by Australian author Karen Treanor. Her books feature bandicoots, a Western Australia marsupial. The purpose of the "Scoot, Scoot Bandicoot" ® book series is to entertain and educate childre
Unique Australian Animals (more info)
Unique Australian Animals (Mammals, Marsupials, Reptiles, birds aquatic etc. Loads of information and pictures.
Quoll Seekers Network (more info)
A comprehensive guide to the Australian Marsupial Quoll.
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Marsupials - Cambridge University Press (website Cambridge University Press )Page numbers in italic indicate figures or tables. browsers, life-history strategies 210, 223 5 see also arboreal folivores; foraging Dromiciops gliroides (monito del monte) 6, 11, 14 15, 18, 143, 144, 324...
This extinct South American group includes species that may be older than, and not very closely related to, didelphimorphians. There were no similar American marsupials although one group of extinct South American mammals, the necrolestids, whose relatio...
PATRICIA ARMATI is Associate Professor in the School of Biological Sciences and the Nerve Research Foundation, University of Sydney, Australia. CHRIS DICKMAN is Professor in Ecology in the Institute of Wildlife Research, School of Biological Sciences, Uni...
This Action Plan reviews the conservation status of 209 taxa of Australian monotremes and marsupials: one species and three subspecies of monotremes and 112 species and 93 subspecies of marsupials. Some 6.5% of marsupial species or 8% of marsupial species...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer, according to researchers. Tuesday, 17 November 2009A small Australian marsupial is taking a lesson from the reptile world and basking in the s...
Tuesday, 15 July 2008Tasmanian devils are mating and breeding much younger in response to the fatal facial cancer that threatens to wipe out the iconic Australian marsupial, researchers say. Tuesday, 20 May 2008A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Ta...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer, according to researchers. Tuesday, 17 November 2009A small Australian marsupial is taking a lesson from the reptile world and basking in the s...
Vast amounts of money and resources are ploughed into conserving Australia's native mammals ,Äì is it all worth it? The kangaroo killing industry is remorsefully hunting and killing them as cheap meat and skins for a few million dollars! Anyway back to g...
Tuesday, 15 July 2008Tasmanian devils are mating and breeding much younger in response to the fatal facial cancer that threatens to wipe out the iconic Australian marsupial, researchers say. Tuesday, 20 May 2008A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Ta...
Tuesday, 20 May 2008A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Tasmanian tiger has been brought back to life by Melbourne researchers. Wednesday, 26 March 2008Native Australian animals are at increased risk of extinction due to climate change, according to...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer, according to researchers. Tuesday, 17 November 2009A small Australian marsupial is taking a lesson from the reptile world and basking in the s...
Vast amounts of money and resources are ploughed into conserving Australia's native mammals ,Äì is it all worth it? The kangaroo killing industry is remorsefully hunting and killing them as cheap meat and skins for a few million dollars! Anyway back to g...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer, according to researchers. Tuesday, 17 November 2009A small Australian marsupial is taking a lesson from the reptile world and basking in the s...
Tuesday, 1 December 2009Understanding how kangaroos repair their DNA could be the key to preventing skin cancer, according to researchers. Tuesday, 17 November 2009A small Australian marsupial is taking a lesson from the reptile world and basking in the s...
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