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Fauna of Australia and Marsupial

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Difference between Fauna of Australia and Marsupial

Fauna of Australia vs. Marsupial

The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 24% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia. Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia.

Similarities between Fauna of Australia and Marsupial

Fauna of Australia and Marsupial have 35 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bandicoot, Common ringtail possum, Convergent evolution, Dasyuridae, Dasyuromorphia, Diprotodontia, Feathertail glider, Flying squirrel, Gondwana, Kangaroo, Macropodidae, Macrotis, Marsupial mole, Monotreme, Musky rat-kangaroo, New Guinea, Numbat, Peramelemorphia, Petauridae, Phalangeriformes, Pig-footed bandicoot, Placentalia, Potoroidae, Pouch (marsupial), Quoll, Red kangaroo, Rodent, Science (journal), Squirrel glider, Sugar glider, ..., Tasmania, Tasmanian devil, Thylacine, Wallaby, Wombat. Expand index (5 more) »

Bandicoot

Bandicoot are a group of about 20 species of small to medium-sized, terrestrial marsupial omnivore in the order Peramelemorphia.

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Common ringtail possum

The common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Greek for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.

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Dasyuridae

The Dasyuridae are a family of marsupials native to Australia and New Guinea, including 75 living species divided into 21 genera.

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Dasyuromorphia

The order Dasyuromorphia (meaning "hairy tail") comprises most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the thylacine.

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Diprotodontia

The Diprotodontia (διπρωτός diprotos, meaning "two front" and οδοντος odontos meaning "teeth") are an order of about 125 species of marsupial mammals including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, and many others.

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Feathertail glider

The feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus), also known as the pygmy gliding possum, pygmy glider, pygmy phalanger, flying phalanger and flying mouse, is a species of marsupial native to eastern Australia.

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Flying squirrel

Flying squirrels (scientifically known as Pteromyini or Petauristini) are a tribe of 50 species of squirrels in the family Sciuridae.

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Gondwana

Gondwana, or Gondwanaland, was a supercontinent that existed from the Neoproterozoic (about 550 million years ago) until the Carboniferous (about 320 million years ago).

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Kangaroo

The kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot").

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Macropodidae

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, the kangaroo family, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several others.

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Macrotis

Bilbies, or rabbit-bandicoots, Unabridged are desert-dwelling marsupial omnivores; they are members of the order Peramelemorphia.

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Marsupial mole

Marsupial moles (Notoryctidae) are specialized marsupial mammals, known from two species distributed in the Australian interior.

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Monotreme

Monotremes are one of the three main groups of living mammals, along with placentals (Eutheria) and marsupials (Metatheria).

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Musky rat-kangaroo

The musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) is a marsupial species found only in the rainforests of northeast Australia.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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Numbat

The numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), also known as the banded anteater, marsupial anteater, or walpurti, is a marsupial native to Western Australia and recently re-introduced to South Australia.

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Peramelemorphia

The order Peramelemorphia includes the bandicoots and bilbies; it equates approximately to the mainstream of marsupial omnivores.

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Petauridae

The family Petauridae includes 11 medium-sized possum species: four striped possums, six species of wrist-winged gliders in the genus Petaurus and Leadbeater's possum, which has only vestigial gliding membranes.

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Phalangeriformes

Phalangeriformes is a suborder of any of about 70 small- to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi (and introduced to New Zealand and China).

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Pig-footed bandicoot

The pig-footed bandicoot (Chaeropus ecaudatus) was a small marsupial of the arid and semi-arid plains of Australia.

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Placentalia

Placentalia ("Placentals") is one of the three extant subdivisions of the class of animals Mammalia; the other two are Monotremata and Marsupialia.

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Potoroidae

The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos, and two of the rat-kangaroos.

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Pouch (marsupial)

The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials (and rarely in the males as in the water opossumNogueira, José Carlos, et al. "" Journal of mammalogy 85.5 (2004): 834-841. and the extinct thylacine); the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch".

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Quoll

Quolls (genus Dasyurus) are carnivorous marsupials native to mainland Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania.

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Red kangaroo

The red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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Squirrel glider

The squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) is a nocturnal gliding possum.

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Sugar glider

The sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps) is a small, omnivorous, arboreal, and nocturnal gliding possum belonging to the marsupial infraclass.

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Tasmania

Tasmania (abbreviated as Tas and known colloquially as Tassie) is an island state of Australia.

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Tasmanian devil

The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.

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Thylacine

The thylacine (or, also; Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times.

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Wallaby

A wallaby is a small- or mid-sized macropod found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand.

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Wombat

Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials that are native to Australia.

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The list above answers the following questions

Fauna of Australia and Marsupial Comparison

Fauna of Australia has 448 relations, while Marsupial has 201. As they have in common 35, the Jaccard index is 5.39% = 35 / (448 + 201).

References

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