Marsupial in a sentence

The remainder of the Dasyuridae are referred to as "marsupial mice"; Egerton, p. 68. most weigh less than 100 g. citation There are two species of marsupial mole order Notoryctemorphia that inhabit the deserts of Western Australia.

Durham Regional Police say a female that had been on the loose for three days was finally captured by officers and handlers on Monday — although one officer was struck in the face by the marsupial.

She joins a stellar line-up of celebrities who have snapped themselves with the marketable marsupial including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Chris Hemsworth, Dr Chris Brown, Hugh Jackman, Margot Robbie, Shawn Mendes, Kelly Slater and Sam Kerr.

The marsupial named Wes was reported missing from Greendale Farm Shop in Farringdon, near Exeter, on 18 January, leading to a widescale search.

The tree of life for mammals in Canada is "very weird," Mooers notes, because it includes the country's only marsupial, the Virginia opossum.

With 30 per cent of their habitat already been destroyed in the devastating bushfires, koalas — the herbivorous marsupial animal native to Australia — have become a big focus for the Australian government.

He uploaded pictures of a cut-out of two quokkas – a species of marsupial animals unique to Australia – at various locations of Mumbai on his Instagram account.

She took several photos and also shot a video of the marsupial, which appeared to be crawling over garnishes for cocktails and mixed drinks.

Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, further diminishing Australia’s iconic marsupial, while the fire danger increased in the country’s east as temperatures soared.

Quolls back from brink and out in the wildThe spotted marsupial has been reintroduced to the wild, decades after it was eradicated by foxes.

The small grey marsupial glances around the drab treatment facility as it waddles on the floor.

Australia's fauna is characterised by primarily marsupial mammals, and many reptiles and birds, all existing as giant forms until recently.

In addition to details in the construction of the ankle, there are, for these animals especially, the marsupial bones (Ossa epubica) characteristic, two from the pubic bone of the pelvis, a forwardly projecting bone.

One way to survive here is to burrow into the sands, as a number of the desert's animals, including the southern marsupial mole (Notoryctes typhlops), and the water-holding frog do.

South American niches for mammalian carnivores were dominated by these marsupial and sparassodont metatherians.

The branching sequence of marsupial orders indicated by the study puts Didelphimorphia in the most basal position, followed by Paucituberculata, then Microbiotheria, and ending with the radiation of Australian marsupials.

The koala has the most effective insulating back fur of any marsupial and is highly resilient to wind and rain, while the belly fur can reflect solar radiation. citation The koala's curved, sharp claws are well adapted for climbing trees.

These are the golden moles of southern Africa and the marsupial moles of Australia.

The Tasmanian devil became the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world following the extinction of the thylacine in 1936, and is now found in the wild only in Tasmania.

The world's largest surviving carnivorous marsupial is the Tasmanian devil ; it is the size of a small dog and can hunt, although it is mainly a scavenger.