Marsupials are pouched mammals, such as the kangaroo, wallaby,
wombat, opossum (also known as the possum), koala, tasmanian devil,
numbat, mice, moles, squirrels and more. A ‘pouched mammal’ means
that once a mother gives birth her child stays in her pouch, occasionally
peeping out for food. The mother’s pouch is called a marsupium. The
youngster will only leave the marsupium when they cannot fit in it any
more.
Marsupials are found in Oceana as well as North and South America.
Many of them are nocturnal, appearing only after dusk. There are about
334 different species of marsupials. Most can be classified into one of six
groups. (1) Didelphids (2) Caenolestids, (3) Macropods (4) Phalangers
(5) Dasyurids (6) Peramelids
Most marsupials
have more teeth than
placental mammals.
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A. There are
around 450
different species.
B. There are
around 350
different species.
C. There are
around 400
different species.
A. The
marsupium.
B. The mother’s
pocket.
C. The
marsupium
pocket.
A. When the
mother abandons
it.
B. When it cannot
fit in the pouch
anymore.
C. When it is old
enough to feed
itself.
A. Higher
B. The same
C. Lower
A. The kangaroo,
possum, koala and
the wombat.
B. The wallaby,
numbat, koala
and mole.
C. The kangaroo,
numbat, koala
and possum.
A. Bear
B. Leave eater
C. Herbivore
A. True
B. False
A. Eora Aboriginal
community
B. Eucalyptus tree
company
C. The founder of
wombats decided
on the name
A. Ice age
B. Einstein
C. The Dinosaurs
A. 12
B. 13
C. 10
There are around 50 species of kangaroos, some of which are small
like rabbits and some which can climb trees, living in Australia,
Tasmania, northward to New Guinea and also in some neighbouring
islands. Kangaroos are the largest marsupials , a male red kangaroo
can reach up to 6 feet high and can weigh up to 120 pounds.
Kangaroos have powerful hind legs and short, thumbless forelimbs.
They can travel at speeds up to 30 miles per hour and can leap up to
30 feet. Kangaroos use their long tails for balancing. Their bodies are
covered in thick, coarse, woolly hair that can be shades of grey, brown
or red.
Koala
The koala is a herbivore, it feeds on plants and fruit but not meat. They are
the only species left in the Phascolarctidae family. Koalas live in woodlands
so they climb from tree to tree. They have long claws to grip the bark. The
koala only lives in the Eucalyptus tree and only feeds on different gum
leaves.
A koala mother usually gives birth to one joey at a time. A newborn koala
is only the size of a jelly bean. The baby is blind, naked (no hairs), and
earless. As soon as it's born, this tiny creature makes its way from the birth
canal to its mother's pouch. When the joey is 6 months old, it leaves the
pouch and is carried on it’s mother’s back.
A koala’s
top sports:
•Sleeping
•Eating
Wombats are Australian marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds,
approximately 1 meter (39 inches) in length with a very short tail. They are found in
forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania.
The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original
inhabitants of the Sydney area. Wombats dig extensive burrow systems with rodent-like
front teeth and powerful claws. One distinctive adaptation of wombats is their
backwards pouch. The advantage of a backwards-facing pouch is that when digging, the
wombat does not gather dirt in its pouch over its young.
Possums have been around since the time of the dinosaurs. They are
unusually resistant to the venom of venomous snakes and are extremely
unlikely to acquire rabies. They have 50 very sharp teeth, more than any land
mammal. The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial (pouched mammal)
found in the United States. The Virginia Opossum was the first animal to be
named an opossum; usage of the name was published in 1610. The word
opossum comes from the Algonquin ‘aposoum’, meaning "white beast".
Before the term opossum they were called possums but know they are
referred to as both. Female opossums often give birth to very large numbers
of young, most of which fail to attach to a teat, although as many as thirteen
young can attach.
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