What kind of marsupials are there?

What kind of marsupials are there?

Well-known marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, phalangeriformes, opossums, wombats, Tasmanian devils, and the extinct thylacine. Some lesser-known marsupials are the dunnarts, potoroos, and the cuscus. Marsupials represent the clade originating from the last common ancestor of extant metatherians.

What exactly is a marsupial?

Marsupials are the group of mammals commonly thought of as pouched mammals (like the wallaby and kangaroo at left). They give live birth, but they do not have long gestation times like placental mammals.

Which is a small marsupial of Australia?

Quokka. Description: The smallest member of the macropod family, a quokka is like a cross between a rat and a kangaroo. Only cuter.

How many marsupials are there?

Today, there are about 250 marsupial species alive in Australia, around 120 marsupial species in South America and just one (the Virginia opossum) living in North America.