MSL, Order Diprotodontia

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ORDER DIPROTODONTIA

Family ACROBATIDAE - Gliders

Acrobates pygmaeus - Feather-tail glider - E. Australia
  • 327 Side view, perched on person's finger, Adelaide, Australia, 1974. H J Aslin

    Family BURRAMYIDAE - Pygmy Possums

    Cercartetus lepidus - Little pygmy possum - Tasmania and Australia
  • 326 Front view, climbing on branch, Adelaide, Australia, 1976. H J Aslin

    Cercartetus nanus - Pygmy possum - Tasmania and E. Australia
  • 623 Side view of captive, Sydney, Australia, 1979. R Herd

    Family MACROPODIDAE - Kangaroos & Wallabies

    Dendrolagus matschiei - Tree kangaroo - New Guinea
  • 343 Oblique view of two captives, Adelaide Zoo, Australia, 1979. R Oaks (contributed by E C Oaks)

    Lagostrophus fasciatus - Banded hare wallaby - Shark Bay Islands, Australia
  • 487 Dorsal, oblique view, Dirk Hartog Island, Shark Bay, Australia, 1978. P K Anderson

    Macropus agilis - Agile wallaby - N Australia
  • 337 Small group, Healesville Fauna Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia, 1979. H J Aslin

    Macropus eugenii - Tammar wallaby - Australia
  • 203 Side view, Melbourne Zoo, Australia, 1976. E C Oaks

    Macropus fuliginosus - Western gray kangaroo - Australia
  • 639 Oblique view of adult male, Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, 1974. C H Tyndale-Biscoe

    Macropus giganteus - Eastern gray kangaroo - Australia & Tasmania
  • 202 View of group feeding, Tidbinbilla Reserve, Australia, 1972. R H Barrett
  • 888 Adult female with pendulous pouch, Carnarvon Park, Queensland, Australia, 1983. E Mead
  • 1381 Close-up of front foot planted on ground, showing all digits clearly, Mole Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, 1999. J A Lackey
  • 1382 Close-up of hind foot planted on ground, showing all digits clearly, Mole Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, 1999. J A Lackey

    Macropus parryi - Whiptail wallaby - E Queensland, NE New South Wales, Australia
  • 726 Front view of two captives, Cowan Field Station, Sydney, Australia, 1979. R Herd

    Macropus robustus - Euro, Wallaroo - Australia
  • 338 Female with large juvenile (not in pouch), Cleland Fauna Park, South Australia, 1975. H J Aslin
  • 1023 Oblique view of male feeding on the ground, Hannover Zoo, F. R. Germany. K Kutunidisz

    Macropus rufogriseus - Red-necked wallaby - Australia, Tasmania
  • 336 Animal lying on side, Cleland Fauna Park, South Australia, 1975. H J Aslin
  • 486 Side view, Cleveland, Ohio Zoo, 1973. M A Rosenthal

    Macropus rufus - Red kangaroo - Australia
  • 339 Side view, standing on hind feet and tail, Cleland Fauna Park, South Australia, 1975. H J Aslin
  • 1192 Side view, facing camera, one of group, Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, UT, 1992. D G Huckaby

    Petrogale penicillata - Brush-tailed rock wallaby - Australia
  • 342 Oblique view, Simpson's Gap, near Alice Springs, Australia, 1979. E C Oaks

    Petrogale xanthopus - Yellow-footed rock wallaby - Australia
  • 341 Side view. H J Aslin

    Setonix brachyurus - Quokka - SW Western Australia
  • 851 Side view of animal on grass, Melbourne Zoo, Australia, 1981. C P Groves
  • 955 Side view, close up. Rottnest Island, C P Groves

    Thylogale billardierii - Tasmanian pademelon, red-bellied wallaby - SE Australia & Tasmania
  • 1112 Oblique view of mother with large joey in pouch, Cradle Mountain, Lake St. Clair Nat Park, Tasmania, Australia, 1989. F N Mastrota
  • 1380 Prints of hind feet, in mud, prints 7-8 cm in length, Asbestos Range National Park, Tasmania, 1999. J A Lackey

    Thylogale brunii - Dusky pademelon - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipeligo (Papua New Guinea), Aru Islands
  • 1353 Side view, from above, San Diego Wild Animal Park, CA 1996. D G Huckaby

    Thylogale thetis - Red-necked pademelon - E Australia
  • 640 Bounding animal, Cowan Field Station, Sydney, Australia, 1980. R Herd

    Wallabia bicolor - Swamp wallaby - E coastal Australia
  • 340 Front view, animal standing on hind feet and tail, Healesville Fauna Sanctuary, Victoria, Australia, 1979. H J Aslin

    Family PHALANGERIDAE - Cuscuses, Possums and Phalangers

    Ailurops ursinus - Cuscus - Indonesia
  • 850 Side view of captive individual hanging by tail, Ujung Padang, Sulawesi, 1975. C P Groves

    Spilocuscus maculatus - Spotted cuscus - New Guinea to Queensland, Australia
  • 881 Oblique view, Aust. Reptile Park, Gosford, Australia, 1971. R Degabriele

    Strigocuscus gymnotis - Ground cuscus - New Guinea
  • 488 Three-year-old captive born at Baier River Sanctuary, Papua, New Guinea. Riverbanks Zool. Park, Columbia, SC, 1980. A H Shoemaker

    Trichosurus vulpecula - Brush-tailed possum - Australia
  • 1024 Oblique view, Prague Zoo, Czechoslovakia. K Kutunidisz

    Family PHASCOLARCTIDAE - Koala

    Phascolarctos cinereus - Koala - Australia
  • 204 Front view, sitting, with young, Melbourne Zoo, Australia, 1976. E C Oaks
  • 641 Front view of adult male showing hand, Cowan Field station, Sydney, Australia, 1979. R Herd
  • 1383 Left front foot shown holding on tree trunk, all digits clearly visible, Mole Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Tasmania, 1999. J A Lackey

    Family TARSIPEDIDAE - Honey Possum; Noolbender

    Tarsipes rostratus - Slender-nosed honey possum; noolbender - SW Australia
  • 642 Side view, next to large flower, near Albany, Australia, 1979. C H Tyndale-Biscoe

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