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Australia's fossil past - Australia's Culture PortalRiversleigh, north-west Queensland, one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh fossil site, near Mount Isa Queensland, is recognised as one of the most important fossil sites in the world. The Riversleigh and Narracoote (SA) fo...
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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Why conserve marsupials? | COSMOS magazine (website Cosmos Magazine )The kangaroo killing industry is remorsefully hunting and killing them as cheap meat and skins for a few million dollars! Being a good vegetarian I love my Soy based products I can eat my tofu and righteously complain about all those meat cold blooded me...
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...
A vaccine designed to protect koalas from the infectious disease chlamydia has shown positive results in an early trial, researchers say. Tasmanian devils are mating and breeding much younger in response to the fatal facial cancer that threatens to wipe o...
A vaccine designed to protect koalas from the infectious disease chlamydia has shown positive results in an early trial, researchers say. Tasmanian devils are mating and breeding much younger in response to the fatal facial cancer that threatens to wipe o...
Tasmanian 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. A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Tasmanian tiger has been brought back to li...
A vaccine designed to protect koalas from the infectious disease chlamydia has shown positive results in an early trial, researchers say. Tasmanian devils are mating and breeding much younger in response to the fatal facial cancer that threatens to wipe o...
This Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes was commissioned by the Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia(Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia), through the Endangered Species Program (ESP). An Action Plan for Australasian Marsupial...
Seven species of mainland marsupials now occur only on islands (Table 3). These figures alone convey the immensely valuable role that islands are playing and must continue to play in conserving marsupial species. Figure 1. Distribution of threatened (Crit...
Tasmanian 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. A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Tasmanian tiger has been brought back to li...
Tasmanian 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. A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Tasmanian tiger has been brought back to li...
An exquisitely preserved 125 million-year-old fossil found in China has set a new record for the oldest known marsupial and may rewrite the history of mammal evolution, a new report suggests. Fossils with marsupial-like teeth from about 100 million years ...
A vaccine designed to protect koalas from the infectious disease chlamydia has shown positive results in an early trial, researchers say. Tasmanian devils are mating and breeding much younger in response to the fatal facial cancer that threatens to wipe o...
Tasmanian 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. A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Tasmanian tiger has been brought back to li...
Tasmanian 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. A genetic fragment of Australia's extinct Tasmanian tiger has been brought back to li...
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