Marsupial Gallery

Koala, southern form (Phascolarctos cinereus) Clinging to tree Enclosure

Koala, southern form (Phascolarctos cinereus) Clinging to tree Enclosure, April, Waratah Park Earth Sanctuary, Duffy's Forest, New South Wales, Australia Note: Claws, paws for climbing trees. Sanctuary surrounded by electric fence to protect native animals from feral animals, natives roam free within the 2km of fence

© Miller, Steven David / Animals Animals/Earth Scenes

SAS-1262 Koala - adult sitting high up in the trees feeding on this tough, toxic and low-nutritioned leaves. With one arm its grabbing for a twig with fresh leaves sticking it into its mouth and with the other it holds on to a branch to not t

SAS-1262
Koala - adult sitting high up in the trees feeding on this tough, toxic and low-nutritioned leaves. With one arm it's grabbing for a twig with fresh leaves sticking it into its mouth and with the other it holds on to a branch to not to fall off
Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia
Phascolarctos cinereus
Steffen & Alexandra Sailer
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© Steffen & Alexandra Sailer/ardea.com

Prehistoric giant wombat, artwork

Prehistoric giant wombat. Computer artwork of a Diprotodon. These Australian mammals, also known as rhinoceros or giant wombats, was the largest known marsupial that ever lived and lived from around 1.6 million years ago to around 40, 000 years ago, through most of the Pleistocene epoch. The largest specimens were the size of a hippopotamus: about 3 metres tall at the shoulder

© MAURICIO ANTON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY