#marsupials

[snototter]

A Lumholtz's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) in Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia

by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith

[ningauinerd]

you’re not a true dasyuromorph disciple until you have a wild quoll walk up to you and sniff your phone

[feather-bone]

Marsupials!! Who knew there were so many different kinds of mouse-lookin guys. Mouse-upials. This is gonna be a print for the creature mail club this month!

[ID: an illustration of many marsupials in a lineless style with a neutral color palette. The animals are labeled in the drawing, and include a kangaroo, wombat, quokka, koala, antechinus, wallaby, bilby, Tasmanian devil, bandicoot, quoll, mulgara, phascogale, dunnart, numbat, and sugar glider. End.]

[stinkuspicturesdeluxe]

the bimbler! the bimbler! the bimbler!

[antiqueanimals]

Tasmanian Devil by Cuthbert Edmund Swan. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.

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[thatsbelievable]

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What’s this? An itsy bitsy Australian marsupial called a Giles' planigale.

[thereissomethingunderthestairs]

Lesser known small mammals (or mammals whenever i bring up people have no idea what im talking about)

Quoll ..a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia that spends most of the day sleeping in its dens. there have been 111 recorded events of quolls eating human remains (x) (pictured here is a spotted-tail quoll)

Numbat..an insectivorous marsupial from Australia that is diurnal (or is primarily active during the day). unlike other mammals that primarily eat termites, they have a jaw with 50 very small teeth. they live in tree hollows and block the openings with the thick hide of their rump

Hyrax ..a small thickset herbivorous mammal that is more closely related to elephants and sea cows than pikas and marmots. theyre found in africa, and they have rubbery paw pads that help them climb up rocks (this is a rock hyrax)

Solenodon... a venomous, insectivorous little mammal that is easily provoked into a frenzy of squeaking and biting. it uses echolocation to compensate for its poor eyesight, and females have two teats almost located on its backside (above is a cuban solenodon)

Sengi (elephant shrews (or better known as the get a look at the snout species))...is another insectivore that is more closely related to elephants than true shrews. they live in southern Africa and have relatively large brains for their size (a respectable 11 inches) (this is a black and rufous sengi)

Tenrec..omnivorous little mammal that lives in land, sea, underground, and in trees. there are many different subspecies of tenrec that can look like hedgehogs, opossums, rats, and shrews (this is one is a lowland streaked tenrec from madagascar)

[nekoz0mbie]

The Island by Walton Ford

[snototter]

A juvenile Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) in Flinders Rangers, South Australia

by Julian Robinson

[jellycatstuffies]

Huddles Kangaroo

Ko-fi / Instagram

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[electricnik]

Thylacine doing the gape from the 1933 Zoo Annual

[stinkuspicturesdeluxe]

snibbling... snorpleing even

[antiqueanimals]

Common American Opossum by Louis A. Sargent. From Wild Beasts of the World, Vol. Two. Written by Frank Finn, published in 1909.

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