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Order: Monotremata
Family: Tachyglossidae |
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Order: Monotremata
Family: Ornithorhyncidae |
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| Numbat, Tasmanian devil, marsupial mice Order |
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| Bandicoots, bilibies Order |
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| Koala, wombat, kangaroos, possums, etc Order |
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| Orders that are Didactylous |
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Didelphimorphia
Microbiotheria
Dasyurmorphia
Paucituberculata |
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| Orders that are Syndactulous |
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Peramelemorphia
Notoryctomorphia
Diprotodontia |
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| Orders that are Polyprotodont |
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Didelphimorphia
Microbiotheria
Dasyuromorphia
Peramelemorphia
Notoryctomorphia |
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| Orders that are Diprotodont |
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Paucituberculata
Diprotodontia |
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Mexican mouse opossum Order |
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| Characteristics of Didelphimorphs |
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-Small to medium sized
- Opossums have more teeth than any other land animal except the numbat
-plantigrade
- hind feethave opossable digit
-simple stomach
-opportunistic omnivore |
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Order Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
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Range in size from smallest marsupial to largest marsupial carnivore (Tasmanian devil).
Marsupium absent or poorly developed |
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| Tasmanian devil characteristics |
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Fronts legs longer than hind legs.
Largest surviving carnivorous marsupial.
Ano-genitial scent gland
Strongest bite of any living mammal.
Has one set of teeth that grows slowly. |
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| Tiger Quoll characteristics |
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Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial
Considered the apex predator |
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In family Dasyuridae.
Incrassate.
Insectivorous, nocturnal species. |
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| Antechinus shrew characteristics |
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Order: Dasyuromorphia
Family: Dasyuridae
Semelpararous. Breeding occurs in winter and males die off after breeding. |
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Subclass - Prototheria
Order ___?____ |
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| Monotremata - echidnas and platypus |
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Subclass - Theria
Infraclass Metatheria ("?") |
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Shrew opossums or caenolestids
belong to which order and family? |
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Order: Paucituberculata
Family: Caenolestidae |
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