marsupial
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The herbivorous marsupial can also reabsorb water from the colon and produce more concentrated urine to preserve hydration, or allow its body temperature to fluctuate with the environment in a process known as heterothermy.
From Barron's • May 26, 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
They suggest that brief, rapid bursts of hopping may have helped some giant kangaroo species avoid predators, including members of an extinct group of marsupial lions known as Thylacoleo.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
In recent years, scientists have aimed to clone the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, an extinct marsupial.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024
“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
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