marsupial
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On an island just off the coast is one of the last surviving pockets of the world's rarest marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Eluding us is the numbat, a rare Australian marsupial which could be the love-child of a chipmunk and an anteater.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
"It may be the early ancestor of all our marsupial carnivores."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Dr. Churchill says this points to a distinct marsupial lineage that had not been recognized before.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
So when a diprotodon, the largest marsupial ever to walk the earth, set eyes for the first time on this frail-looking ape, he probably gave it one glance and then went back to chewing leaves.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Although phylogenetic trees often point to a single early group that later gave rise to modern Australian marsupials, the fossil evidence appears less tidy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
"Evolutionary history is a lot more complex than just one group leading to all of Australia's marsupials after being left behind when the continent broke off from Antarctica," says Dr. Churchill.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
However, their teeth were unusual, and they did not seem to be closely related to the other marsupials around them.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Fossils dating back about 55 million years suggest that Australian marsupials may have come from a single early lineage that later divided into the marsupial groups alive today.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
How, he wondered, did marsupials travel from South America to Australia?
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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