Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Sugar Glider
Sugar Glider, scientifically called Petaurus breviceps, is a small arboreal gliding possum, and a type of marsupial mammal.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Walking With Dinosaurs: Fact Files: Didelphodon
Read about the Didelphodon, a marsupial from the Mesozoic era and Cretaceous period. Learn what fossils have taught us about their habitat, diet, and senses, and view an animated image showing how this mammal may have moved.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Evolution of Early Mammals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the evolution of monotreme, marsupial, and placental mammals.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Leadbeater's Possum
Unique Australian Animals profiles the marsupial mammal Leadbeater's possum with photos and text.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Bandicoot (Rabbit) or Bilby
Information about the bandicoot, a small marsupial native to Australia. Discover what they eat, their body traits, reproduction patterns, and their classification.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Koala
Get to know the Koala.. colored photos, description, life cycle, map of habitat, food. Only the basic details of this marsupial are given, making this site perfect for younger researchers.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Koala
Gather the facts about the adorable Australian marsupial, the Koala. This webpage provides a simple descriptive overview of the koala. It also discusses where they are found, their habitat, reproduction, activity, feeding and much more.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wallaroo (Euro)
Read this description of a Wallaroo to find out why this animal is not a wallaby or a kangaroo.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wombat
Visit this webpage to learn more about the wombat.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Doria's Tree Kangaroo
Doria's tree kangaroos are the heaviest tree-dwelling marsupials in the world. They can perform some impressive leaps of around 10 meters between trees and 18 meters to the ground. Learn more about the droid's tree-kangaroo in this...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is the Main Idea?
During this lesson students begin to identify the main idea of a story they read or hear. Students use graphic organizers to discover the main idea of The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss, and Marsupial Sue, by John Lithgow.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Mammals
This resource provides extensive information about mammals.
The Field Museum
Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: Tertiary
Delve into the Tertiary Period portion of the Evolving Planet exhibit, and trace the climate and continental shift during this time. Includes an overview of the period, a collection of images, and a look at the Tertiary Period's...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Wombat
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on wombats including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kangaroo and Wallaby
This excellent resource from the San Diego Zoo presents extensive information on kangaroos and wallabies including details about their habitat, physical characteristics, size, diet, family life, conservation status, and fun facts.
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Isoodon Marcrourus
This site provides a detailed overview of the Large Short-Nosed Bandicoot, also known as the the northern brown bandicoot. Content includes a focus on this animal's physical characteristics, geographic range, food habits, behavior,...
Regents of the University of Michigan
Animal Diversity Web: Peramelidae (Bandicoots & Bilbies)
This site provides a very brief overview of the Australian bandicoot.
Australian Museum
Australia Museum: Thylacine
The Thylacine, once an inhabitant of Australia is now extinct because of excessive hunting and competition with dingos and dogs. The Australian Museum provides general information on this interesting carnivore and photographs of the last...
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the opossum, not to be confused with the possum. Discusses where they are found, habitat, the threat of rabies, diet, predators, and reproduction.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Possum (Phalangeriforme)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the possum. Discusses where they are found, the range of species, physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, predators, mating and reproduction, and population status.
Read Works
Read Works: Protecting the Platypus
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the platypus and efforts being made to protect it and its habitat. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: The Koala Search
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about koalas, why they are endangered, and what is being done to protect them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
PBS
Nova: Bone Diggers: Australia's Vanished Beasts
Get profiles of 10 different examples of Australia's extinct megafauna. Each profile includes a picture of what the animal looked like.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Tasmanian Devil
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about Tasmanian devils with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
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