Kangaroos, koalas, the platypus, wombats, echidnas and the Tasmanian devil: marsupials and monotremes.
A contagious facial cancer has cut numbers sharply since the 1990s.
Tasmania (formerly)
The largest marsupial.
Australia, New Guinea
A marsupial, not a bear.
Southeast Australia, Tasmania
A mammal that lays eggs; males have venomous spurs.
Australia, New Guinea
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