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
If that is correct, Keeunamorphia could represent one of the earliest marsupial orders to branch off from the main lineage.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The work represents the first direct estimate of a mutation rate for koalas or for any member of the marsupial order Diprotodontia, which also includes wombats, kangaroos and possums.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
The numbat, a small Australian marsupial once reduced to just a few hundred animals, is making a remarkable comeback thanks to decades of conservation work.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
But there are certainly good reasons to believe that if Homo sapiens had never gone Down Under, it would still be home to marsupial lions, diprotodons and giant kangaroos.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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
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
"Whatever these things were, they seemed to be primitive compared to other marsupials at the time, and they seem to have been doing their own thing and surviving well enough alongside them," says Dr. Churchill.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
According to Dr. Churchill, early members of Keeunamorphia may have appeared not long after the first marsupials arrived in Australia from Antarctica around 55 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
But Australia / New Guinea formerly had its own suite of diverse big mammals, including giant kangaroos, rhinolike marsupials called diprotodonts and reaching the size of a cow, and a marsupial “leopard.”
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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