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Avimimus

The early mammals that were present in this region during the time of Avimimus were the placental mammals Asioryctes nemegetensis and Barunlestes butleri, the amphibian Gobiates khermeentsavi, the multituberculate mammals Catopsbaatar catopsaloides, Chulsanbaatar vulgaris and Nemegtbaatar gobiensis, and the marsupial mammal Asiatherium reshetovi and Deltatheridium pretrituberculare.

Azazel

Palorchestes azael (Australian large extinct marsupial, so called because of its strange shape)

Conchoraptor

The early mammals that were present in this region during the time of Conchoraptor were the placental mammals Asioryctes nemegetensis and Barunlestes butleri, the amphibian Gobiates khermeentsavi, the multituberculate mammals Catopsbaatar catopsaloides, Chulsanbaatar vulgaris and Nemegtbaatar gobiensis, and the marsupial mammal Asiatherium reshetovi and Deltatheridium pretrituberculare.

Field River

In 1992 the fossil remains of the world's largest marsupial - the Diprotodon - were discovered on the bank of the river by Trevor Westlake ( a founding committee member of the Friends of the Lower Field River).

Kidsguide

Such illustrators have included Mort Drucker (Mad Magazine), Jack Davis (The Zack Files, Marsupial Sue), David Catrow (Stand Tall Molly Lou Mellon) and Brian Biggs (illustrator for MOMA's children's web site).

Lantana camara

While considered a pest in Australia, it shelters several native marsupial species from predators, and offers a habitat for native bees of genus Exoneura, which nest in the hollow stems of the plant.

Macropod

The marsupial suborder Macropodiformes, which includes kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potoroos, and rat kangaroos

The marsupial family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, and several others

Meta

For example: the term Metatheria (the name for the clade of marsupial mammals) uses the prefix meta- merely in the sense that the Metatheria occur on the tree of life adjacent to the Theria (the placental mammals).

Pygmy opossum

Pygmy possum, five living species of small marsupial in the family Burramyidae, from Australia and New Guinea

Ross River virus

Antibodies to Ross River virus have been found in a wide variety of placental and marsupial mammals, and also in a few bird species.

Stankervision

One regular such cartoon is about the adventures of "Inebriated The Koala", which was created by Waco O'Guin in 1993 and is introduced as "everyone's favorite eucalyptus eating marsupial", to which the koala replies, "Eucalyptus? You can lick THIS!" as he points to his crotch.

Therian

In taxonomy, the term refers to a member of the Mammalia subclass Theria, consisting of marsupial and placental mammals.

Valdivian Coast Range

Some of the rare species that inhabit the Valdivian Coastal Range include the Pudu (the smallest deer in the world), the Degu, the Marine Otter, and the Monito del Monte, or mountain monkey (actually a marsupial).


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