What marsupials have you seen?

Virginia Opossum (Wild)
Tasmanian devil
Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Koala
Matschie's tree-kangaroo
Red-necked/Bennet's wallaby
Red kangaroo
Western grey kangaroo
Brush-tailed bettong

Likely some other wallabies too, but I didn't keep a good record of them in the past
 
Virginia Opossum (both wild and captive)
Tasmanian Devil
Sugar Glider
Koala
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
Parma Wallaby
Bennett's Wallaby
Common Wallaroo
Red Kangaroo
Eastern Gray Kangaroo
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
 
Numbat
Short-tailed opossum
White-eared opposum
Four-eyed opossum
Derby‘s wolly opossum
Common opossum
Virginia opossum
Dibbler
Fat-tailed dunnart
Bilby
Golden bandicoot
Long-nosed bandicoot
Northern brown bandicoot
Southern brown bandicoot
Tasmanian Devil
Northern quoll
Eastern quoll
Spot-tailed quoll
Western quoll
Red-tailed phascogale
Kowari
Bear Cuscus
New Guinea ground cuscus
Short-tailed spotted cuscus
Brushtail possum
Northern brushtail possum
Tasmanian brushtail possum
Common striped possum
Eastern pygmy possum
Rock ringtail possum
Common ringtail possum
Western ringtail possum
Squirrel glider
Sugar glider
Yellow-bellied glieder
New Guinean sugar glider
Feathertail glider
Common wombat
Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Tasmanian wombat
Queensland koala
Burrowing bettong
Eastern bettong
Long-nosed potoroo
Rufous bettong
Western woylie
Antilopine wallaroo
Agile wallaby
Black wallaroo
Brown dorcopsis
Dusky pademelon
Eastern grey kangaroo
Eastern wallaroo
Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo
Mainland Western grey kangoroo
Mala ( rufous hare wallaby )
Matschie's Tree-kangaroo
Nabarlek
Parma wallaby
Quokka
Red-legged pademelon
Red kangaroo
Red-necked wallaby
(No Subspecific status)
Spectacled hare wallaby
Wilkin‘s rock wallaby
Swamp wallaby
Tammar Wallaby
Tasmanian Red-necked wallaby
Tasmanian pademelon
Yellow-footed rock wallaby
Western brush wallaby
White-striped Dorcopsis
Brush-tailed rock wallaby
Most those species I saw during my 4 weeks trip throughout Australia and Tasmania in 2017.
 
On my lifelist, I have:
Red Kangaroo @ Capron Park Zoo, DAK, Franklin Park Zoo, Animal Adventures, Southwicks Zoo
Western Grey Kangaroo @ DAK
Bennett's Wallaby @ Roger Williams, Animal Adventures and Southwicks Zoo.
Tammar Wallaby @ DAK and Buffalo Zoo
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo @ Roger Williams Park Zoo
Brush-tailed Bettong @ Capron Park Zoo

Species I've seen prior to keeping track:
Parma Wallaby @ Roger Williams Park Zoo
Virginia Opposum @ Ecotarium
Tasmanian Devil @ St Louis Zoo
Queensland Koala @ Cleveland, Columbus, and Stone Zoos.
Wombat sp. @ Brookfield Zoo (both common and southern-hairy nosed, I believe, but not 100% sure)
 
Sugar glider
Common spotted cuscus
Sulawesi dwarf cuscus
Sulawesi bear cuscus
White-striped dorcopsis
Dusky pademelon
Agile wallaby
Red-necked wallaby
Grizzled tree-kangaroo
Eastern grey kangaroo
 
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My current list isn’t that impressive:
- Feathertail glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
- (Western) Woylie (Bettongia penicillata (ogilbyi))
- Dusky pademelon (Thylogale brunii)
- Parma wallaby (Macropus parma)
- Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
- Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
- Swamp wallaby (Macropus bicolor)
- Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii)

But I will visit Beauval for the first time this year, which will (hopefully) add the following species to the list:
- (Queensland) Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus (cinereus))
- Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
- Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
 
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These are all the species of marsupial I have definitely seen, with locations:

- Narrow-toed feathertail glider Acrobates pygmaeus - at Colchester Zoo
- Sugar glider Petaurus breviceps - in the animal facility at Writtle University College
- Ground cuscus Phalanger gymnotis - at Cotswold Wildlife Park
- Koala Phascolarctos cinereus - at Edinburgh Zoo
- Long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus - at Tropical Wings Zoo
- Dusky pademelon Thylogale brunii - at Rare Species Conservation Centre
- Agile wallaby Notamacropus agilis - at Rotterdam Zoo
- Tammar wallaby Notamacropus eugenii - at Amersfoort Zoo
- Parma wallaby Notamacropus parma - definitely at Linton Zoo, possibly elsewhere
- Bennett's wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus - all over the place
- Swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor - at Edinburgh Zoo
- Red kangaroo Osphranter rufus - definitely at Linton and ZSL London, possibly elsewhere
 
I have only seen 14 species of marsupials, and I would like to see more.

Common Opossum at the Smithsonian National Zoo
Virginia Opossum in the wild
Feather-tailed Gliders at the Staten Island Zoo (I had seen them before at other zoos that no longer have them)
Sugar Glider
Common Wallaroo at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Tammar Wallaby at the Lehigh Valley Zoo
Western Grey Kangaroo at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Red Kangaroos at many zoos all over the eastern United States
Eastern Grey Kangaroo at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Red-necked Wallaby at many zoos
Matschie's Tree Kangaroos which used to be at the Philadelphia Zoo and I have since seen them at the Bronx Zoo and Columbus Zoo
Koala at the Columbus Zoo
Woylie at the Smithsonian National Zoo
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat at the Columbus Zoo
 
On my lifelist, I have:
Red Kangaroo @ Capron Park Zoo, DAK, Franklin Park Zoo, Animal Adventures, Southwicks Zoo
Western Grey Kangaroo @ DAK
Bennett's Wallaby @ Roger Williams, Animal Adventures and Southwicks Zoo.
Tammar Wallaby @ DAK and Buffalo Zoo
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo @ Roger Williams Park Zoo
Brush-tailed Bettong @ Capron Park Zoo

Species I've seen prior to keeping track:
Parma Wallaby @ Roger Williams Park Zoo
Virginia Opposum @ Ecotarium
Tasmanian Devil @ St Louis Zoo
Queensland Koala @ Cleveland, Columbus, and Stone Zoos.
Wombat sp. @ Brookfield Zoo (both common and southern-hairy nosed, I believe, but not 100% sure)
Can I see your life list? I have one too on iNaturalist.
 
From my life list. I have only placed the facilities where I first saw each species rather than the full list for each one and indicated the ones I've seen in the wild.

Tiger Quoll Dasyurus maculatus – Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
Eastern Quoll Dasyurus viverrinus – Alma Park Zoo (2013)
Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii – Alma Park Zoo (2011)
Subtropical Antechinus Antechinus subtropicus – Wild.
Red-tailed Phascogale Phascogale calura – Taronga Zoo (2019)
Fat-tailed Dunnart Sminthopsis crassicaudata – Werribee Open Range Zoo (2016)

Greater Bilby Macrotis lagotis – Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot Perameles nasuta – Taronga Zoo (2019)
Northern Brown Bandicoot Isoodon macrourus – Wild. Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2021)

Koala Phascolarctos cinereus – Wild. Alma Park Zoo (2011)

Common Wombat Vombatus ursinus – Walkabout Creek Wildlife Centre (2010)
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons – Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)

Short-eared Brushtail Possum Trichosurus caninus – Wild. David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
Common Brushtail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula - Wild. various zoos including golden T. v. fuliginosus and golden and normal T. v. vulpecula

Southern Greater Glider Petauroides volans – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2017)
Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus - Wild (pulcher). Alma Park Zoo (2013); other zoos with P. p. peregrinus

Yellow-bellied Glider Petaurus australis – Taronga Zoo (2019)
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps – Wildlife HQ (2019)
Squirrel Glider Petaurus norfolcensis - Walkabout Creek Wildlife Centre (2010)

Feathertail Glider Acrobates - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2018), WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo (2019- signed as A. frontalis)

Rufous Bettong Aepyprymus rufescens– Wildlife HQ (2018)
Long-nosed Potoroo Potorus tridactylus– Wildlife HQ (2018)
Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata – Taronga Zoo (2019)

Quokka Setonix brachyurus- Wildlife HQ (2018)
Red-bellied Pademelon Thylogale billardierei - Ipswich Nature Centre (2016)
Red-legged Pademelon Thylogale stigmatica - Wild (wilcoxi). Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
Red-necked Pademelon Thylogale thetis – Wild.
Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus – Melbourne Zoo (2018)
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus – Wild. Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus – Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
Tammar Wallaby Notamacropus eugenii - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2018)
Parma Wallaby Notamacropus parma – Alma Park Zoo (2013)
Whiptail Wallaby Notamacropus parryi - Walkabout Creek Wildlife Centre (2010)
Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus – Wild (banksianus). Australia Zoo (2014)
Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor – Wild. Ipswich Nature Centre (2010)
Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Petrogale penicillata – Ipswich Nature Centre (2016)
Black-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale lateralis – Australia Zoo (2019)
Proserpine Rock Wallaby Petrogale persephone – David Fleay Wildlife Park (2019)
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby Petrogale xanthopus – WILD LIFE Sydney Zoo (2019)
Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2018)
Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus lumholtzi - Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary (2018)
 
I've only seen koalas, red and grey kangaroos, and a few different types of wallaby. As far as I know, only two zoos in the UK keeps wombats, Longleat and Hamerton, and none keep Tasmanian devils. Both are species I would love to see one day though.
 
Wild
Virginia Opossum

Captive
Virginia Opossum
Red Kangaroo
Eastern Gray Kangaroo
Western Gray Kangaroo
Common Wallaroo
Bennett's Wallaby
Tamar Wallaby
Tasmanian Devil
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Feathertail Glider
Sugar Glider
Brush-tailed Bettong
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Koala
 
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On my lifelist, I have:
Red Kangaroo @ Capron Park Zoo, DAK, Franklin Park Zoo, Animal Adventures, Southwicks Zoo
Western Grey Kangaroo @ DAK
Bennett's Wallaby @ Roger Williams, Animal Adventures and Southwicks Zoo.
Tammar Wallaby @ DAK and Buffalo Zoo
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo @ Roger Williams Park Zoo
Brush-tailed Bettong @ Capron Park Zoo

Species I've seen prior to keeping track:
Parma Wallaby @ Roger Williams Park Zoo
Virginia Opposum @ Ecotarium
Tasmanian Devil @ St Louis Zoo
Queensland Koala @ Cleveland, Columbus, and Stone Zoos.
Wombat sp. @ Brookfield Zoo (both common and southern-hairy nosed, I believe, but not 100% sure)
Brookfield has Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat but not Common.

I have only seen 14 species of marsupials, and I would like to see more.

Common Opossum at the Smithsonian National Zoo
Virginia Opossum in the wild
Feather-tailed Gliders at the Staten Island Zoo (I had seen them before at other zoos that no longer have them)
Sugar Glider
Common Wallaroo at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Tammar Wallaby at the Lehigh Valley Zoo
Western Grey Kangaroo at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Red Kangaroos at many zoos all over the eastern United States
Eastern Grey Kangaroo at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Red-necked Wallaby at many zoos
Matschie's Tree Kangaroos which used to be at the Philadelphia Zoo and I have since seen them at the Bronx Zoo and Columbus Zoo
Koala at the Columbus Zoo
Woylie at the Smithsonian National Zoo
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat at the Columbus Zoo
The opossum at Smithsonian was recently discovered to be Virginia, not Common.
 
Virginia Opossum (many times)
Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (Shell Factory & Nature Park)
Red Kangaroo (many times)
Western Grey Kangaroo (Brookfield Zoo, Great Plains Zoo, SDZSP)
Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Columbus Zoo & Aquarium)
Common Wallaroo (Great Plains Zoo & Delbridge Museum of Natural History)
Bennett’s Red-Necked Wallaby (many times)
Swamp Wallaby (Disney's Animal Kingdom)
Parma Wallaby (San Diego Zoo)
Tamar Wallaby (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium)
Agile Wallaby (Shell Factory & Nature Park)
Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium)
Brush-Tailed Bettong (Lake Superior Zoo, San Diego Zoo)
Matchie's Tree Kangaroo (many times)
Tasmanian Devil (Saint Louis Zoo, San Diego Zoo
Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (Columbus Zoo & Aquarium)
Queensland Koala (Columbus Zoo & Aquarium, Dallas Zoo, San Diego Zoo)
Feathertail Glider (Columbus Zoo & Aquarium)
Sugar Glider (Lake Superior Zoo)
 
Brookfield has Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat but not Common.


The opossum at Smithsonian was recently discovered to be Virginia, not Common.
Did they ever have common? I visited once in 2012, and seemed to remember both species. I could be wrong though.
 
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