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Australian Marsupial Facts Guide

This document provides information about several Australian marsupials: - Kangaroos have large hind legs and feet that allow them to jump great distances, live in mobs, and carry their young in pouches. - Wombats are found only in Australia, have short legs and dig complex burrow systems to live in. - Possums live in trees or bushes and eat plants, flowers, fruit and insects. - Koalas also carry their young in pouches and eat eucalyptus leaves. - The Tasmanian devil is the largest carnivorous marsupial and only lives in Tasmania where it eats meat.

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Australian Marsupial Facts Guide

This document provides information about several Australian marsupials: - Kangaroos have large hind legs and feet that allow them to jump great distances, live in mobs, and carry their young in pouches. - Wombats are found only in Australia, have short legs and dig complex burrow systems to live in. - Possums live in trees or bushes and eat plants, flowers, fruit and insects. - Koalas also carry their young in pouches and eat eucalyptus leaves. - The Tasmanian devil is the largest carnivorous marsupial and only lives in Tasmania where it eats meat.

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Kangaroo

Ka nga roos a re ma mma ls a nd be long to a group ca lle d mars upials .


This me a ns tha t the mothe r ca rrie s he r young in a pouch.
Ka nga roos ha ve la rge , s trong le gs with big fe e t. This ma ke s the m
gre a t jumpe rs !
The y a ls o ha ve a long ta il (to ke e p the m ba la nce d) a nd a s ma ll he a d.

Ka nga roos live in groups ca lle d mobs .

The y a re he rbivo re s . This me a ns tha t the y


e a t pla nts , le a ve s a nd diffe re nt gra s s e s .
Kangaroo
A ba by ka nga roo is known a s a jo e y.

The re d ka nga roo is the la rge s t ma rs upia l


in the world.

Did Yo u Kno w?
Ka nga roos ca nnot move ba ckwa rds .
Wombat
Wombats a re only found in the wild in Aus tra lia . The y a re ma mma ls a nd
mars upials .

Wombats ha ve s hort le gs , a s ma ll he a d, wide fe e t a nd s trong cla ws .

The y a re gre a t a t digging!

The y live in unde rground de ns


ca lle d burro ws . The burrows a re
ma de from roots of fa lle n tre e s ,
s oil, le a ve s a nd rocks .
Wombat
Wombats ca n be s a ndy coloure d, brown, bla ck
or gre y.

Wombats a re no c turnal, which me a ns the y a re


a wa ke a t night a nd a s le e p during the da y.

The y go out a t night time to fe e d on gra s s


a nd roots .

Did Yo u Kno w?
A womba t’s pouch is ba ckwa rds .
Possum
P os s ums a re mars upials .

Mos t pos s ums live in hollow tre e trunks , but s ome build nes ts known a s dre ys in
bus he s or tre e s .
P os s ums a re a ls o no c turnal.

P os s ums a re ma inly he rbivo re s .


Howeve r, the y have be e n known to
ea t ins e cts a nd bird e ggs . The y e a t
euca lyptus a nd othe r le a ve s . They
als o love flowe rs a nd fruit.
Possum

Mos t pos s ums live a lone ,


e xce pt whe n they ha ve a
young fa mily. The ringta il
pos s ums te nd to live in fa mily
groups of thre e or more .

Did Yo u Kno w?
P os s ums love e a ting ne cta r.
Koala
Koa la s a re found in the wild in Aus tra lia . Although the y a re ofte n ca lle d ‘koa la
be a rs ’, the y a re not be a rs . The y a re a ctua lly mars upials , like womba ts , pos s ums
a nd ka nga roos .

A ba by koa la is ca lle d a jo e y.

J oe ys live in the ir mothe r’s pouch


for a bout s ix months .
Koala
Koa la s a re good a t climbing tre e s . The y
us e the s ha rp cla ws on the ir front pa ws
to hold on to the bra nche s a nd to grip
the ir food.

The y a re he rbivo re s a nd the ir fa vourite


ta s ty tre a ts a re e uca lyptus le a ve s .

Did Yo u Kno w?
Koa la s ca n s le e p for up to 18 hours a da y.
Tasmanian Devil
The Wild Ta s ma nia n de vil ca n only be found in the wild in Ta s ma nia . The
Ta s ma nia n de vil is a mars upial.

Ta s ma nia n de vils a re mos tly bla ck, but


ofte n ha ve white ma rkings on the ir
che s t. Ta s ma nia n de vils a re
c arnivo re s , which me a ns the y only e a t
me a t. The y e a t liza rds , frogs , ins e cts
a nd a ny a nima l me a t the y ca n find.
Tasmanian Devil
Ta s mania n de vils a re good a t s potting things
tha t a re moving, but if things a re s till the y
proba bly won’t s e e it a s cle a rly.

Did Yo u Kno w?
Ta s mania n De vils s tore fat in the ir ta il a nd us e this
whe n the y ca n’t find food.

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