Mammals
Marsupials
Match the picture to the replica.
Marsupials have pouches where their babies suckle and grow after they are born.
| WOMBATS | WALLABIES and QUOKKAS | TASMANIAN DEVIL | VIRGINIA OPOSSUM |
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Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
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Pictures from Animal Diversity Website
Tasmanian Devil |
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COMMON WOMBAT Location: Tasmania; South Australia; Bass Strait Habitat: Sea level to alpine. Prefer coastal scrub and open forest; need soil good for burrowing and grasses to eat. Diet: Herbivorous |
YELLOW FOOTED ROCK
WALLABY Location: Mountains of South Australia to New South Wales Habitat: Mountain tops, rocky ramparts, hillside caves Diet: Herbivorous |
TASMANIAN DEVIL Location: Tasmania Habitat: Anywhere in Tasmania it can find food and shelter. From coasts to mountains. Diet: Carnivorous - Scavenger |
VIRGINIA OPOSSUM Location: US east of the Rocky Mountains and along the coast west of the Rockies to British Columbia. Habitat: Terrestrial and arboreal (Lives in all areas, but prefers wooded land) Diet: Omnivorous |
Picture from Animal Diversity Website http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ macropusrufusmbox2.jpg/view.html
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ENDANGERED
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Western Grey kangaroo |
Picture from Animal Diversity Website http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/ site/resources/eva_hejda/suedlkoala2.jpg/
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Prepared 1/29/2007
Pictures are granted permission for educational purposes only.
Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa,
C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity
Web (online). Accessed January 29, 2007 at http://animaldiversity.org.
Replica animals by Schleich,
Bullyland and Safari
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