marsupial
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Staff at Hobart Airport in Australia's Tasmania state said the disoriented marsupial was spotted among the stuffed toys on Wednesday.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
The first rediscovered species was the pygmy long-fingered possum, a striped marsupial weighing about 200g, which is understood to have vanished from Australia during the Ice Age.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
In recent years, scientists have aimed to clone the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, an extinct marsupial.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024
But you probably wouldn’t see one: While the animals are plentiful, sightings remain extremely rare because northern marsupial moles live in tunnels beneath sand dunes, navigating them with a swimming-like motion using flipper-like front feet.
From New York Times • May 1, 2024
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
Vocabulary lists containing marsupial
Australia and New Zealand - Introductory
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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