marsupial
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Bogong moths are thought to help plants spread pollen and are also a key food source for the mountain pygmy possum, a critically endangered cave-dwelling marsupial.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Those skills were critical in helping rescuers to find marsupial survivors of bush fires.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 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
From those fragments, they worked to determine where the animals fit in the marsupial family tree.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Frank Zhang has moves. He’s probably gonna turn into a kangaroo and do some marsupial jujitsu on their ugly faces.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
The standard explanation is that marsupials reached Australia after traveling from South America through Antarctica, before the ancient supercontinent Gondwana split apart.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Instead, the teeth resembled those of Djarthia murgonensis, an extinct marsupial that lived about 35 million years earlier and is often viewed as a prototype for Australian marsupials.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Scientists may never be able to fully reconstruct the routes that early marsupials took as they spread and evolved.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The analysis showed that these three species lived alongside several other marsupials that scientists had already studied.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
He said hornets better represent the Merryweather spirit than foreign marsupials, plus the Wombat mascot costume was going to suck money from the prom committee’s budget.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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