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Marsupials are mostly (but not solely) found in Australia. They inhabit a variety of biomes, including rainforest, bushland, alpine regions, grassland and desert.

They are not found in marine habitats.

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Marsupials are found on several of the continents. Australia is the continent on which 99% of the world's marsupials live.

The opossum is a marsupial found in North America, but South America also has some marsupials, as does Asia.

Some marsupials such as possums and tree kangaroos are also found on the island of New Guinea, which is not a continent.

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Marsupials are found on several of the continents. Australia is the continent on which 99% of the world's marsupials live.

The opossum is a marsupial found in North America, but South America also has some marsupials, as does Asia.

Some marsupials such as possums and tree kangaroos are also found on the island of New Guinea, which is not a continent.

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Many kinds of marsupials can be found in the wild in Australia. These include:

  • kangaroo
  • wallaby
  • wallaroo
  • potoroo
  • bettong
  • bandicoot
  • bilby
  • cuscus
  • numbat
  • koala
  • Tasmanian devil
  • wombat
  • possum (not related at all to the North American opossum)
  • glider
  • marsupial mice, including phascogale, kowari, ningaui, antechinus, dunnart
  • kultarr
  • quokka
  • quoll
  • marsupial mole

Most marsupials are herbivorous, and some of the smaller marsupials are omnivorous.

There is another group of marsupials known as the dasyurids, which includes the carnivorous marsupial, e.g. Tasmanian devils, quolls, dibblers and the now extinct Thylacine.

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Marsupials are found on several of the continents. Australia is the continent on which 99% of the world's marsupials live.

The opossum is a marsupial found in North America, but South America also has some marsupials, as does Asia.

Some marsupials such as possums and tree kangaroos are also found on the island of New Guinea, which is not a continent.

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There is a range of Australian marsupials.

Herbivores include many (not all) species of kangaroos such as the Red and Grey kangaroos, tree kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, quokkas, koalas and wombats.

Carnivores (the dasyurids) include the quoll, Tasmanian devil, and the recently extinct Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, as well as the smaller dasyurids such as the kowari, dibbler, antechinus, ningaui, dunnart, planigale and phascogale.

Omnivores include some of the gliders and possums (e.g. Mountain pygmy possum), the bilby and the bandicoots.

Insectivores include the numbat and the marsupial mice.

Among these groups, there are terrestrial marsupials which spend all of their time on the ground (wombats, quokkas, wallabies); and arboreal marsupials which spend most of their time in trees (koalas, possums and gliders).

No marsupials in Australia are semi-aquatic.

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Marsupials are found on several of the continents, but Australia is where 99% of the world's marsupials live.

Some marsupials such as possums and tree kangaroos are also found on the island of New Guinea, which is not a continent.

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most live in astrailia or south amarica

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Australia

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