[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text tree kangaroos and current efforts to protect them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Australian Museum Online has a collection of mammals including bats, platypus, and marsupials. Take a peek. Read about the monkey-faced bat, the mountain brushtail possum, and the tree kangaroo.

The Panamint Kangaroo Rat lives where vegetation includes creosote bush, cactus, yucca, juniper trees, and Joshua trees. A seed eater, this Kangaroo Rat makes particularly efficient use of its external cheek pouches, as it removes the...