What marsupials have you seen?

As expected with 124 (if my count was right) you have almost 30 on me! But really zero new world marsupials? None even from European zoos?
There's only five species around in all of Europe. And sadly none of them are particularly close to where I live (the closest one at Best Zoo being bts of course...). Last year was also not the best year for zoo visits with all the full closures or closed houses due to the 'rona. Maybe this will be the year though. :fingerscrossed:

25. (Dasyurus maculatus) Tiger quoll
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95. (Acrobates pygmaeus) Flying mouse
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As expected with 124 (if my count was right) you have almost 30 on me! But really zero new world marsupials? None even from European zoos?

Wow, so many opossums you’ve seen! I wish I could see some living yapok, though they were a captivity thing in Dallas’s Aquarium where I lived near there. But I heard there are a few different opossum species (Which I have never seen) in some exotic pet shop here, hopefully, I will make it to see Derby’s woolly opossum and gray short-tailed opossum this year!
 
Let's see...

Virginia opossum
Koala
Tasmanian devil
Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Red kangaroo
Western gray kangaroo
Brush-tailed bettong
Red-necked wallaby
Parma wallaby
Sugar glider
Matschie's tree kangaroo
 
There's only five species around in all of Europe. And sadly none of them are particularly close to where I live (the closest one at Best Zoo being bts of course...). Last year was also not the best year for zoo visits with all the full closures or closed houses due to the 'rona. Maybe this will be the year though. :fingerscrossed:


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Yes it's about time haha! Last year understandable, but what about the 20 years before that lol?
 
Here's my list: Bold for seen in wild- either in addition to captive or only wild.

Not bad for only 2 trips to Australia- one for two weeks and one for 4 days.

Marsupials:


1. (Caluromys derbianus) Derby’s woolly opossum (also wild)
2. (Caluromys lanatus) Western woolly opossum
3. (Caluromys philander) bare-tailed woolly opossum (also wild)
4. (Philander melanurus) Dark four-eyed opossum (wild only)

5. (Philander opossum) gray four-eyed opossum
6. (Chironectes minimus) Yapok
7. (Didelphis albiventris) white-eared opossum (also wild)
8. (Didelphis aurita) big-eared opossum (also wild)
9. (Didelphis marsupialis) Common opossum (also wild)
10. (Didelphis pernigra) Andean white-eared opossum (also wild)
11. (Didelphis virginiana) Virginia opossum (also wild)

12. (Marmosa murina) Linnaeus’s mouse opossum
13. (Marmosa zeledoni) Zeledon’s mouse opossum (wild only)
14. (Marmosops incanus) Gray slender opossum (wild only)

15. (Monodelphis domestica) Grey short-tailed opossum
16. (Dromiciops gliroides) Monito del Monte (wild only)
17. (Phascogale calura) Red-tailed Phascogale
18. (Antechinus agilis) Agile Antechinus
19. (Sminthopsis crassicaudata) Fat-tailed Dunnart
20. (Sminthopsis douglasi) Julia Creek Dunnart
21. (Parantechinus apicalis) Dibbler
22. (Dasycercus byrnei) Kowari
23. (Dasyurus geoffroii) Chuditch or Western Quoll
24. (Dasyurus hallucatus) Northern Quoll
25. (Dasyurus maculatus) Tiger quoll
26. (Dasyurus viverrinus) Eastern quoll
27. (Sarcophilus harrisii) Tasmanian devil
28. (Myrmecobius fasciatus) Numbat
29. (Macrotis lagotis) Bilby
30. (Isoodon auratus) Golden Bandicoot
31. (Isoodon macrourus) Northern Brown Bandicoot
32. (Isoodon fusciventer) western brown bandicoot
33. (Parameles gunnii) Eastern Barred Bandicoot
34. (Phascolarctos cinereus) Koala
35. (Vombatus ursinus) Common Wombat
36. (Lasiorhinus latifrons) Southern hairy-nosed wombat
37. (Trichosurus arnhemensis) Northern brushtail possum
38. (Trichosurus caninus) short-eared Possum
39. (Trichosurus cunninghami) Mountain Brushtail possum
40. (Trichosurus vulpecula) Common Brushtail Possum (also wild)
41. (Phalanger gymnotis) Ground cuscus
42. (Phalanger ornatus) ornate cuscus
43. (Spilocuscus maculates) Common Spotted cuscus
44. (Strigocuscus celebensis) Sulawesi dwarf cuscus
45. (Ailurops furvus) mountain bear cuscus
46. (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) Musky Rat-kangaroo (wild only)
47. (Potorous tridactylus) Long-nosed potoroo
48. (Bettongia gaimardi) Tasmanian Bettong
49. (Bettongia lesueur) burrowing bettong
50. (Bettongia penicillata) Brush-tailed Bettong
51. (Bettongia tropica) Northern Bettong
52. (Aeprprymnus rufescens) Rufous Bettong
53. (Dendrolagus goodfellowi) Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
54. (Dendrolagus inustus) grizzled tree-kangaroo
55. (Dendrolagus lumholtzi) Lumholtz’s Tree-kangaroo
56. (Dendrolagus matschiei) Matschie's tree kangaroo
57. (Dorcopsis muelleri) brown dorcopsis
58. (Setonix brachyurus) Quokka
59. (Lagorchestes conspicillatus) Spectacled Hare-wallaby
60. (Thylogale billardierii) Red-bellied Pademelon
61. (Thylogale brunii) Dusky Pademelon
62. (Thylogale stigmatica) Red-legged Pademelon
63. (Thylogale thetis) Red-necked Pademelon
64. (Petrogale concinna) Nabarlek
65. (Petrogale lateralis) Black-footed Rock-wallaby
66. (Petrogale penicillata) Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
67. (Petrogale persephone) Proserpine Rock-wallaby
68. (Petrogale wilkinsi) Wilkin's Rock-wallaby
69. (Petrogale xanthopus) Yellow-footed Rock wallaby
70. (Onychogalea fraenata) Brindled nail-tailed Wallaby
71. (Onychogalea unguifera) northern nail-tail wallaby
72. (Wallabia bicolor) Swamp wallaby
73. (Macropus agilis) Agile Wallaby (also wild)
74. (Macropus antilopinus) Antilopine Wallaroo
75. (Macropus bernardus) Black Wallaroo
76. (Macropus dorsalis) Black-striped Wallaby
77. (Macropus eugenii) Tammar wallaby
78. (Macropus fuliginosus) Western grey kangaroo (also wild)
79. (Macropus giganteus) Eastern grey kangaroo (also wild)

80. (Macropus Irma) Western Brush Wallaby
81. (Macropus parma) Parma wallaby
82. (Macropus parryi) Pretty-faced, Whiptail Wallaby
83. (Macropus robustus) Hill wallaroo
84. (Macropus rufogriseus) Red-necked wallaby (also wild)
85. (Macropus rufus) Red kangaroo
86. (Cercartetus nanus) Eastern Pygmy-possum
87. (Burramys parvus) Mountain Pygmy-possum
88. (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) Western Ringtail
89. (Pseudocheirus peregrinus) Common Ringtail Possum (also wild)
90. (Petaurus australis) Yellow-bellied Glider
91. (Petaurus breviceps) Sugar glider
92. (Petaurus gracilis) Mahogany Glider
93. (Petaurus nofolcensis) Squirrel Glider
94. (Dactylopsila trivirgata) Striped possum
95. (Acrobates pygmaeus) Flying mouse

I've added 8 species since this post (all captive), and without visiting Australia haha. Love me some marsupials!!

96. (Peroryctes raffrayana) Raffray’s Bandicoot
97. (Phalanger matabiru) Blue-eyed Cuscus
98. (Phalanger orientalis) Northern Common Cuscus
99. (Spilocuscus papuensis) Waigeou Cuscus
100. (Spilocuscus rufoniger) Black-spotted Cuscus
101. (Ailurops ursinus) Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
102. (Petaurus notatus) Krefft’s Glider
103. (Distoechurus pennatus) Feather-tailed Possum
 
I've added 8 species since this post (all captive), and without visiting Australia haha. Love me some marsupials!!

96. (Peroryctes raffrayana) Raffray’s Bandicoot
97. (Phalanger matabiru) Blue-eyed Cuscus
98. (Phalanger orientalis) Northern Common Cuscus
99. (Spilocuscus papuensis) Waigeou Cuscus
100. (Spilocuscus rufoniger) Black-spotted Cuscus
101. (Ailurops ursinus) Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
102. (Petaurus notatus) Krefft’s Glider
103. (Distoechurus pennatus) Feather-tailed Possum
Where did you see the bear cuscus from? Batu Zoo I assume
 
Theres an Individual at Memphis Zoo as well. They are also held at Berlin Tierpark and Pairi Daiza.
Oh, Memphis Zoo is where I saw bear cuscus. I’m not sure if the mountain bear cuscus is really valid a species but it might be just me
 
Virginia possum (only one seen in the wild)
Parma Wallaby
Red Kangaroo
Bettong
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Sugar Glider
Wombat of unknown species
Wallaby of unknown species
Koala

Not very many.
 
Since There’s new things I’ve seen last few years, so here I can say:
Virginia opossum
Gray short-tailed opossum
Gray four-eyed opossum
Sugar glider
Sulawesi bear cuscus
Southern Hairy-nosed wombat
Red kangaroo
Bennet wallaby
Parma wallaby
Other wallaby species??
Unfortunately not seen a lots…
 
Where did you see the bear cuscus from? Batu Zoo I assume

Actually a private collection in Java.

Oh, Memphis Zoo is where I saw bear cuscus. I’m not sure if the mountain bear cuscus is really valid a species but it might be just me

The Bear Cuscus I saw at Batu Zoo was Mountain Bear Cuscus (Ailurops furvus), which is often recognized of late including on Mammalwatching.com's master list
 
Actually a private collection in Java.



The Bear Cuscus I saw at Batu Zoo was Mountain Bear Cuscus (Ailurops furvus), which is often recognized of late including on Mammalwatching.com's master list
Wait really? I need to see paper about that they're different species. I thought they're kind of population thing.
 
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Here's mine

Red Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Bennett's Wallaby
Swamp Wallaby
Yellow footed rock Wallaby
Parma wallaby
Long nosed potoroo
Goodfellows tree Kangaroo

Hopefully soon I'll see:
Koala
Brush tailed bettong
Tasmanian Devil
Eastern Quoll
New Guinea Ground Cuscus
Common Wombat
Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Tasmanian Wombat
 
Seen wild
Seen captive


Australian goodies:
Kaluta
Kowari
Western Quoll
Northern Quoll
Spotted-tailed Quoll
Eastern Quoll
Dibbler

Sandstone Pseudantechinus
(Woolley's Pseudantechinus)

Tasmanian Devil
Agile Antechinus
Yellow-footed Antechinus
Cinnamon Antechinus
(Buff-footed Antechinus)
Brown Antechinus

Red-tailed Phascogale
Brush-tailed Phascogale
Common Planigale
Fat-tailed Dunnart

Gilbert's Dunnart
Stripe-faced Dunnart

Numbat

Golden Bandicoot

Western Brown Bandicoot*
Northern Brown Bandicoot
Southern Brown Bandicoot*
(Cape York Bandicoot)

Western Barred Bandicoot
Eastern Barred Bandicoot

Southern Long-nosed Bandicoot*
Northern Long-nosed Bandicoot*

Greater Bilby

Koala

Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat

Common Wombat

Mountain Pygmy-possum

Long-tailed Pygmy-possum
Western Pygmy-possum
Little Pygmy-possum
Eastern Pygmy-possum

Torresian Striped Possum
Leadbeater's Possum
Yellow-bellied Glider
Sugar Glider
(Savanna, Krefft's*, Sugar*)
Mahogany Glider
Squirrel Glider

Lemuroid Ring-tailed Possum
Central Greater Glider*
Northern Greater Glider*
Southern Greater Glider*

Western Ring-tailed Possum
Eastern Ring-tailed Possum

Daintree River Ring-tailed Possum
Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum

Rock Ring-tailed Possum
Green Ring-tailed Possum

Honey Possum

Broad-toed Feather-tailed Glider*
Narrow-toed Feather-tailed Glider*

Southern Common Cuscus
Australian Spotted Cuscus
Northern Brush-tailed Possum*
Short-eared Brush-tailed Possum
Mountain Brush-tailed Possum
Coppery Brush-tailed Possum
Common Brush-tailed Possum
Scaly-tailed Possum

Musky Rat-kangaroo

Rufous Bettong
Southern Bettong

Burrowing Bettong
Brush-tailed Bettong
Northern Bettong

Gilbert's Potoroo
Long-footed Potoroo
Long-nosed Potoroo

Lumholtz's Tree-kangaroo
Allied Rock-wallaby
Short-eared Rock-wallaby
Monjon
Cape York Rock-wallaby

Nabarlek
Godman's Rock-wallaby
Herbert's Rock-wallaby
Unadorned Rock-wallaby
Black-footed Rock-wallaby
Mareeba Rock-wallaby
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Proserpine Rock-wallaby

Purpled-necked Rock-wallaby
Rothschild's Rock-wallaby
Mount Claro Rock-wallaby
Wilkins' Short-eared Rock-wallaby*

Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
Rufous-bellied Pademelon
Red-legged Pademelon
Red-necked Pademelon
Spectacled Hare-wallaby

Rufous Hare-wallaby
Western Grey Kangaroo (fuliginosus, melanops)
Eastern Grey Kangaroo (giganteus,
tasmaniensis*)
Agile Wallaby
Black-striped Wallaby

Tammar Wallaby
Western Brush Wallaby
Parma Wallaby
Whip-tailed Wallaby
Red-necked Wallaby

Bridled Nail-tailed Wallaby
Northern Nail-tailed Wallaby

Antilopine Wallaroo
Black Wallaroo
Common Wallaroo
Red Kangaroo
Swamp Wallaby
Quokka

Banded Hare-wallaby

Others:
Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus
Black-spotted(?) Cuscus

Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo
Matschie's Tree-kangaroo
Brown/White-striped(?) Dorcopsis
Dusky Pademelon


* = not sure of exact species seen captive cause of recent splits or other taxonomic vagueries

Hope I didn't forget any :confused:
I've added 5 species since this post (all wild), and without visiting Australia haha. Love me some marsupials!! :p

Chaco Fat-tailed Opossum (Thyllamys pusillus)
Common Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
Alston’s Mouse Opossum (Marmosa alstoni)
Mexican Mouse Opossum (Marmosa mexicana)
Central American Woolly Opossum (Caluromys derbianus)
 
20 species seen in the wild, mostly from one trip to Australia in the late 80s
Northern Black-eared Opossum (Mexico)
Northern Brown Bandicoot
Long-nosed Bandicoot
Common Brush-tailed Possum
Short-eared Brush-tailed Possum
Common Bear Cuscus (Sulawesi)
Lemuroid Ring-tailed Possum
Central Greater Glider
Herbert River Ring-tailed Possum
Eastern Ring-tailed Possum
Green Ring-tailed Possum
Sugar Glider
Musky Rat Kangaroo
Red-necked Pademelon
Red-legged Pademelon
Lumholtz’s Tree Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Red-necked Wallaby
Agile Wallaby
Whip-tailed Wallaby
 
* = seen in the wild

Didelphidae
-Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis*
-Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana*
-Gray Four-eyed Opossum Philander opossum*

Caenolestidae
N/A

Microbiotheriidae
N/A

Dasyuridae
-Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harrisii

Myrmecobiidae
N/A

Notoryctidae
N/A

Thylacomyidae
N/A

Peramelidae
N/A

Vombatidae
-Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons

Phascolarctidae
-Koala Phascolarctos cinereus

Acrobatidae
-Feathertail Glider Acrobates pygmaeus

Burramyidae
N/A

Petauridae
-Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps

Phalangeridae
N/A

Pseudocheiridae
N/A

Tarsipedidae
N/A

Macropodidae
-Matschie's Tree Kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei
-Western Gray Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
-Eastern Gray Kangaroo Macropus giganteus
-Tammar Wallaby Notamacropus eugenii
-Bennett's Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus
-Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus
-Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
-Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor

Potoroidae
-Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata

Hypsiprymnodontidae
N/A

17 species total, including 3 in the wild. Missing over half the families. Can you tell I've never been to Australia? :p
 
Dasyuridae (2):
Tasmanian Devil Sarcophilus harisii - Zooparc de Beauval 2019
Kowari Dasyuroides byrnei - Bristol Zoo Gardens 2021

Phalangeridae (1):
Ground Cuscus Phalanger gymnotis - Bristol Zoo Gardens 2021

Petauridae (1):
Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps - Crystal Palace Park Zoo 2010

Vombatidae (1):
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons - Longleat Safari Park 2019

Phascolarctidae (1):
Koala Phascolarctos cinereus - Longleat Safari Park 2019

Potoroidae (2):
Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata - Shaldon Zoo 2023
Long-nosed Potoroo Potorous tridactylus - Longleat Safari Park 2019

Macropodidae (9):
Bennett's Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus - London Zoo 2013
Dusky Pademelon Thylogale brunii - Exmoor Zoo 2019
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Macropus giganteus - Menagerie Jardins des Plantes 2018
Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus goodfellowi - Menagerie Jardins des Plantes 2018
Matschie's Tree-kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei - Zoo de Beauval 2019
Parma Wallaby Notamacropus parma - Dartmoor Zoo 2018
Red Kangaroo Osphanter rufus - London Zoo 2013
Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor - Exmoor Zoo 2019
Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus - Edinburgh Zoo 2021

For a total of 17 species. Embarrassingly, the Sugar Glider and Ground Cuscus are the only possums, although hopefully an upcoming visit to Hamerton will rectify this. It is also worth noting that I only include species that I can say with absolute certainty that I have seen, which means, even though there is a strong chance that I saw them in my earlier visits to Bristol, I have excluded the Eastern Quoll. I don't want to add such a lovely species to my life list because of a vague childhood memory of seeing one. I not only missed the species at Bristol, but at Menagerie Jardins des Plantes as well, unaware that the collection held them, and, seeing their building labelled on the map with callitrichids, and with the zoo's closing time approaching, I decided to skip them, making the Eastern Quoll one of my most painful and long-overdue lifeticks.
 
Many of these are from my trips to the Berlin zoos, but there are also a lot from US zoos.

Red kangaroo
Western gray kangaroo
Eastern wallaroo
Red-necked wallaby
Parma wallaby
Sulawesi Bear cuscus
Sugar glider
Feathertail glider
Matschie’s tree kangaroo
Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo
Koala
Brush-tailed bettong
Tasmanian Devil
Virginia opossum
 
Red Kangaroo
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Parma Wallaby
Bennett's Wallaby
Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby
Brush-Tailed Bettong
Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Koala
Common Wombat
Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat
Sugar Glider
Virginia Opossum
Brazilian Short-Tailed Opossum

(there a few other species I may have seen but was too young to remember and don't have photos of so I did not include them.)
 
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