The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Monotremes and Marsupials

A new marsupial has been added to the thread for the new year.


Subtropical Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus by @WhistlingKite24

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Subtropical Antechinus - ZooChat
 
I have added all of this year's "new" marsupial photos into the thread.


One was Ursine Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus ursinus (post #73) photographed by @snowleopard:

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Ursine Tree Kangaroo - Faunaland Off-Show Zoo & Wildlife Breeding Centre - ZooChat



The rest of the photos were all uploaded by @Giant Eland - three species of Old World possums and four species of New World opossums. The Feather-tailed Possum was a new genus for the thread and completed the family Acrobatidae (admittedly, there are only three species in that family), and the Brazilian Gracile Opossum was also a new genus for the thread.

Over half of the Old World marsupials are depicted by photos (149 out of c.270), but the New World marsupials are still seriously under-represented, with only 22 species out of c.140.



Blue-eyed Cuscus Phalanger matabiru (post #37)

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blue-eyed cuscus (Phalanger matabiru) - ZooChat


Waigeo Cuscus Spilocuscus papuensis (post #38)

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Waigeo Spotted Cuscus (Spilocuscus papuensis) - ZooChat


Feather-tailed Possum Distoechurus pennatus (post #51)

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feather-tailed possum (Distoechurus pennatus) - ZooChat



Grey Four-eyed Opossum Philander canus (post #99)

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Common Four-eyed Opossum (Philander canus) - ZooChat


Black-tailed Four-eyed Opossum Philander melanurus (post #99)

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Dark Four-eyed Opossum (Philander melanurus) - ZooChat


Brazilian Three-striped Opossum Monodelphis americana (post #100)

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northern three-striped opossum (Monodelphis americana) - ZooChat


Brazilian Gracile Opossum Gracilinanus microtarsus (post #102)

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Brazilian Gracile Opossum (Gracilinanus microtarsus) - ZooChat
 
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