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Marsupials
Disclaimer: This gallery contains many illustrations of marsupials. For illustrations of internal organs, skeletons, and other anatomical details of interest to biology students, please refer to the "Zoology" galleries listed on the site map under "Science."
 | Long Nosed Bandicoot "Having a long head, with the upper part of the snout much prolonged: the tail is long and tapering; the fur gray-brown above and white beneath; the body eighteen inches long." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Cuscus A genus of marsupial quadrupeds of the Australian and Papuan islands. |
 | Banded Ant Eater "It is about ten inches long, of a tawny color, marked with transverse bands of black and white. The female has no pouch, but the young adhere to the breasts, and are hidden by thick fur. It is supposed to feed on ants." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Kangaroo "The Kangaroo is an animal of Australia, first observed by a party of sailors on the coast of New South Wales. The great kangaroo has large hind legs, with a huge tail, short fore limbs, and is about the height of a man. It is a vegetable feeder, and is destructive to the crops of the settlers in the less inhabited parts of Australia; in the long-settled districts it is much rarer. Its ordinary method of progression is by a series of great leaps, 10 to 15 feet or more. Many species are known to exist."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Giant Kangaroo "It is of the size of a large sheep, and sometimes weighs one hundred and fourty pounds. The period of gestation is thirty nine days; the young one, when born, is a little over a inch long, and looks like a semi-transparent mouse." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Papuan Kangaroo They are small size and somber coloration, with the hair on the nape antrorse, the tail naked and scaly at the end, the premolar teeth large, and eye teeth present. |
 | Sooty Kangaroo Very much like the giant kangaroo, but its fur is a dark earthy brown. |
 | Tree Kangaroo They are adapted for arboreal life, having the tail less robust tan that of the ground kangaroos, and the limbs better proportioned, with stronger claws. They move in trees by leaping. |
 | koala "Large as a moderate sized dog. It has long, thick and rather course fur, of an ashy-gray color; its moves with the gait of a young bear, lives in dens and holes dug with its feet, but spends much time in the trees." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Spotted Martin "Is eighteen inches long, with a tail nearly as long as the body; its fur is chestnut-color, spotted with white. it feeds on small quadrupeds, and, when impelled by hunger, occasionally snaps up birds among the marshes." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Opossum An animal of several species of marsupial quadrupeds found in America. |
 | Opossum Mouse "A genus or subgenus of marsupial quadreupeds of the family Phalangistdæ, peculiar to Australia."-Whitney, 1902 |
 | Cayopollin Opossum The cayopollin opossum in a tree. |
 | Common Opossum "It has a pointed head, wide gape, numerous sharp teeth, a rough tounge, ears large and naked, small eyes, the tail long, tapering, flexible, and prehensile; the toes are armed with sharp, strong, curved claws. Its size is nearly that of a cat, but the form is low and squat; the color gray-ish whitel the face, near the snout, pure white." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Crab Eating Opossum Is a large species, lives in marshy districts, and feds on crabs. |
 | Virginia Opossum An opossum sitting up in a tree. |
 | Water Opossom "Opossom is the popular name for the pouched mammals which have a geographical range from the United States to Patagonia. They vary from the size of a mouse to that of a large cat, and have long noses, ears, and (generally) naked prehensile tails. The Virginian opossum, common over all temperate America, is the best-known of the family, and is found even in towns, where it acts as a scavenger by night. The crab-eating opossom inhabits Central and tropical South America."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Opossums An opossum and her young. |
 | Phalanger "The Phalanger is a small woolly-coated marsupial, with opposable great toes, which are destitute of a nail. They are, for the most part, vegetable feeders, though some are insectivorous, and in confinement any of them will readily devour small birds or other animals."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Spotted Phalanger Its fur is white, spotted with brown and black. |
 | Phascogale An Australian marsupial. The males are short lived. |
 | Potoroo Rat "Is a mild, timid creature, of the size of a rabbit; the body is formed somewhat like that of a rat, but the fore-legs are exceedingly sort and the hind ones long, so that the animals move by long heaps on the latter, like the kangaroos." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Sugar Squirrel "It is about as large as our red squirrel; the tail rather longer than the body; the fur soft and beautiful; the color gray above and white beneath." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Tasmanian Wolf "It is the size of a small wolf, with short, smooth, hair of dusky yellowish-brown color, barred on the lower part of the back with sexteen black transverse stripes. It is the largest and most powerful carnivorous animal in Australia, is nocturnal in its habits, lives in retired caves, devours kangaroos and other small mammalia." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
 | Wombat An Australian marsupial, which somewhat resembles a small bear in appearance. The legs are short and strong, the head large and flat, the body broad and depressed, and the tail rudimentary. |
 | Wombat An Australian marsupial with a broad nose. Feeds mostly on grass. |
 | Hairy Nosed Wombat "The Wombat is a burrowing marsupial from Australia and Van Dieman's Land, and the islands of Bass' Strait. It is from two to three feet long, with a short tail; of clumsy form, with stout limbs and a blunt muzzle; coat thick, of long, coarse, brownish-gray, wooly hair; head large, flat, broad, with small eyes and ears; fore feet with five and hind feet with four digits; soles broad and naked. The dentition resembles that of the Rodentia, especially in the chisel-like incisors. The wombat is nocturnal in habits, a vegetable feeder, digging up roots with its claws. It is of small intelligence, but is gentle, and capable of domestication to a limited extent. It is hunted for its flesh, which is highly esteemed and is said to resemble pork."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911) |
 | Yayock "Resembles the otters, having palmated feet, and swimming with facility." — S. G. Goodrich, 1885 |
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