The sight of an animal carrying its baby around is something that will touch your heart and appeal to the deep rooted affection we all have for maternal sights. While many animals have a gentle and cute way of carrying their babies like kangaroos, primates and some other marsupials, the sigh...
The different levels of classification, from kingdom to species, are shown below. In the parentheses, you can see how awolf(Canis lupus) is classified. By the way, species are often identified by their scientific name, which is made up of two Latin words and written in italics. Animal Cl...
Animals such askangaroos,possums,koalasandbandicootsare marsupials. You’ll meet all of these – and more – in the list below! Australian Animals List with Pictures & Facts Scroll down to see all of the animals in alphabetical order, or use the index below to find a specific species: ...
Tree kangaroos are herbivorous, and their diet consists of the leaves abundantly available in their dense forest habitats. They are also ruminants, which means they digest their food partially then re-chew it in the form of a cud. It is very unusual for an animal without hooves to haverumina...
Didelphidae belongs to the order Didelphinmorphia, of which all of the common opossums belong to (those opossums being in the western hemisphere from North to South America). Their infraclass is Marsupialia, which means they are related to kangaroos, koalas and many other marsupials. ...
Chances are, you probably already know that baby kangaroos are called joeys. But did you know that baby koalas are also called joeys? It’s true! These two animals aren’t the only ones to have babies that share a name, either. Baby wallabies, possums, and wombats are a few other ...
Type Small arboreal marsupial, silvery blue gray in color with a darker stripe on the back. The last couple of inches of the tail are also black. They are members of the same family as kangaroos, wombats, opossums and Tasmanian devils....
Sugar gliders have pouches (like kangaroos) where the baby gliders live for two to three months. The babies are called joeys. In the wild, sugar gliders rarely touch the ground. They nest in holes in old growth trees. They mark their nests with urine. They often live in groups of 15-...
All mammals have hair, although some (e.g. whales and dolphins) only have hair follicles, the organs that produce hair. No other type of animal has hair, so if you see a hairy animal, then it’s a mammal! Female mammals feed their babies with milk ...