marsupial
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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
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
That possibility challenges the simpler version of marsupial evolution, in which one ancestral group gave rise to the full diversity of Australian marsupials.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Madam marsupial, it would be a great honor and absolute privilege if you would kindly inform me of your name.”
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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
A nearly 20-million-year gap in the fossil history of Australian marsupials leaves room for many lineages that have not yet been found.
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
In fact, some marsupials lose the Y early in development, and in mammals the chromosome has been shrinking for about 150 million years.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 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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