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Marsupials

This group gathers Mammals subcategory members belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia, the pouched mammals, whose young are born at a very early, embryo-like stage of development and complete most of their growth attached to a nipple, usually inside a protective pouch, rather than through a long gestation inside the womb as in placental mammals. The great majority of living marsupial species are native to Australia and New Guinea, including the kangaroos, wallabies, the koala, the wombats, the Tasmanian devil and a wide range of smaller carnivorous marsupials such as the antechinus and dunnart genera, while a smaller number, the opossums, are native to the Americas. The thylacine, a large carnivorous marsupial hunted to extinction in the twentieth century, is also placed here as the order's best documented recent extinction.

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1. Wikipedia: Taxonomic rank
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kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species
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All modern mammals give birth to live young, except the five species of monotremes, which lay eggs.
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Northern brushtail possum (Wikipedia)
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The northern brushtail possum (Trichosurus arnhemensis) is a nocturnal marsupial inhabiting northern Australia.
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Short-eared possum (Wikipedia)
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The short-eared possum (Trichosurus caninus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae, endemic to Australia.
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Mountain brushtail possum (Wikipedia)
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The mountain brushtail possum, or southern bobuck (Trichosurus cunninghami), is a nocturnal, semi-arboreal marsupial of the family Phalangeridae native to southeastern Australia.
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Coppery brushtail possum (Wikipedia)
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The coppery brushtail possum (Trichosurus johnstonii) is a species of marsupial possum in the family Phalangeridae.
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Scaly-tailed possum (Wikipedia)
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The scaly-tailed possum (Wyulda squamicaudata) is found in northwestern Australia, where it is restricted to the Kimberley.
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Talaud bear cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Talaud bear cuscus (Ailurops melanotis) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Sulawesi bear cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Sulawesi bear cuscus, also known as the Sulawesi bear phalanger (Ailurops ursinus), is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Sulawesi dwarf cuscus (Strigocuscus celebensis) is a species of arboreal marsupial in the family Phalangeridae that is endemic to Sulawesi and nearby islands in Indonesia.
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Banggai cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Banggai cuscus (Strigocuscus pelengensis) is a species of cuscus, a type of possum.
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Gebe cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Gebe cuscus (Phalanger alexandrae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Mountain cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The mountain cuscus (Phalanger carmelitae) is a marsupial in the family Phalangeridae found throughout the central mountain ranges and Huon Peninsula of New Guinea, in both West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
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Ground cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The ground cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis) is a marsupial from the order Diprotodontia and belongs within the family Phalangeridae
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Eastern common cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The eastern common cuscus (Phalanger intercastellanus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae found in eastern Papua New Guinea.
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Woodlark cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Woodlark cuscus (Phalanger lullulae) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae endemic to Papua New Guinea, specifically on Madau and Woodlark Island, a part of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea.
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Blue-eyed cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The blue-eyed cuscus (Phalanger matabiru) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Northern common cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The northern common cuscus (Phalanger orientalis), also known as the gray cuscus, is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae native to northern New Guinea and adjacent smaller islands
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Ornate cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The ornate cuscus or Molluccan cuscus (Phalanger ornatus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Rothschild's cuscus (Wikipedia)
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Rothschild's cuscus (Phalanger rothschildi), also called the Obi Island cuscus, is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Silky cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The silky cuscus (Phalanger sericeus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Stein's cuscus (Wikipedia)
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Stein's cuscus (Phalanger vestitus) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Admiralty Island cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Admiralty Island cuscus or Manus Island spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus kraemeri) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Common spotted cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The common spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus maculatus), also known as the white cuscus, is a cuscus, a marsupial that lives in the Cape York region of Australia, New Guinea, and nearby smaller islands.
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Waigeou cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The Waigeou cuscus or Waigeou spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Black-spotted cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The black-spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus rufoniger) is a species of marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Blue-eyed spotted cuscus (Wikipedia)
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The blue-eyed spotted cuscus or Biak spotted cuscus (Spilocuscus wilsoni) is a species of critically endangered marsupial in the family Phalangeridae.
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Krefft's glider (Wikipedia)
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a type of small marsupial
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Bronze quoll (Wikipedia)
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is a species of quoll found only in the Trans-Fly savanna
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Yellow-bellied glider (Wikipedia)
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The yellow-bellied glider is a marsupial about the size of a rabbit.
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Gilbert's potoroo (Wikipedia)
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Gilbert's potoroo or ngilkat (Potorous gilbertii) is Australia's most endangered marsupial
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Savanna glider (Wikipedia)
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is a species of arboreal gliding possum in the genus Petaurus
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Dunnart (Wikipedia)
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A dunnart (from Noongar donat) is a narrow-footed marsupial the size of a European mouse, of the genus Sminthopsis.
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Cinnamon antechinus (Wikipedia)
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is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae
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Virginia opossum (Wikipedia)
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making it the northernmost marsupial in the world
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Subtropical antechinus (Wikipedia)
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is a species of small carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae
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Hairy-footed dunnart (Wikipedia)
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It is an Australian marsupial
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Rory Cooper's false antechinus (Wikipedia)
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a recently named species of small carnivorous marsupial
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Didelphis virginiana californica (Wikipedia)
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As a marsupial, it has a pouch in which it raises its young.
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