Archive for the 'Marsupial' Category
On the evidence of its name, the Tasmanian devil should be a large, exceedingly fierce animal. Actually it is a chunky little fellow only about 3 feet long and though it is a savage enough in the wild, it is dangerous only to poultry raisers, small wallabies, ground birds and lizards in its native Tasmania. [...]
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Several kinds of cuscuses live in Australia, New Guinea and on the islands in the regions roundabout. All of them are slow and easy going creatures – the largest about the size of a large cat. They live in trees and have long, grasping tails. Like cats, their eyes have vertical pupils.
One of the largest [...]
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There are several kinds of bandicoots in Australia and the nearby islands – the spiny bandicoot of New Guinea, the shrew bandicoot of Indonesia, the rabbit bandicoot or bilby of Australia itself, and the pig-footed bandicoot, also of Australia. Although their names make them sound as if they were entirely unlike, they are actually recognizably [...]
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