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... marsupials . Today the first group is found only in the Australian region while the marsupials we share with America , though Australia is their stronghold . In all other parts of the world these primitive mammals were submerged by the ...
... marsupials . Today the first group is found only in the Australian region while the marsupials we share with America , though Australia is their stronghold . In all other parts of the world these primitive mammals were submerged by the ...
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Vincent Serventy. The Marsupials Although there are about 120 different kinds of marsupial in Australia , they fall ... Marsupials fit into this pattern , with three major groups ; the carnivores and herbivores and a small group of ...
Vincent Serventy. The Marsupials Although there are about 120 different kinds of marsupial in Australia , they fall ... Marsupials fit into this pattern , with three major groups ; the carnivores and herbivores and a small group of ...
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... marsupials . It is a small wallaby with round ears and an engaging friendliness . Standing just under a foot in height it reaches weights of from five to eight pounds , when mature at two years of age . As with most other marsupials it ...
... marsupials . It is a small wallaby with round ears and an engaging friendliness . Standing just under a foot in height it reaches weights of from five to eight pounds , when mature at two years of age . As with most other marsupials it ...
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Aborigines animals areas baby bandicoots Bass Strait bats beak best known birds blue body breeding brown burrows called captivity chicks coast colour common name creature crocodiles crow David Fleay dingo dolphins dragon eaten echidna egg-laying eggs feathers feed feet female freshwater frogs geckoes giant glider goannas grass grey ground hatch head hollow honey-eaters huge hunting inches insects islands joey kangaroo killed kinds koala land legless lizards legs live lyrebirds magpie male mammals marsupials miles mother move native naturalist nest noisy scrub-bird normal northern numbat pattern perhaps plants platypus poisonous possum pouch prey python Queensland rats reptiles ring-tail rock scientists scrub-bird seals Silver-eyes skin skinks smaller snake South Australia South Wales southern species swallowed tadpoles tail Tasmania Tasmanian tiger teeth tiger toes tortoises tree turtle victim Victoria wallabies Western Australia whale wings wombats young youngsters