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Main Characteristics of Marsupials

  • There are about 320 species of marsupials in the world.
  • Marsupials live in America and Australia.
  • Marsupials include koalas and kangaroos, as well as opossums, mouse opossums, wombats, Tasmanian devils, numbats, gliders, quolls and thylacines.
  • Marsupials are herbivores, omnivores or carnivores.
  • The smallest newborn mammal in the world is the honey possum. It weighs 0.0001 ounces (5 mg) at birth.

Marsupial Family Tree

Marsupial Family Tree

Species List


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