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Order Dasyuromorphia

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Within Marsupials

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Family Dasyuridae

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Within Dasyuromorphia, small carnivorous mammals, quadrupedal, insect feeders

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Subfamily Sminthopsinae

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Within Dasyuridae, Planigales, Ningauis, Dunnarts, Kultarr

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Subfamily Dasyurinae

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Within Dasyiridae, quolls, tasmanian devil, pseudoantechinuses, mulgaras, kaluta, antechinuses, kowary, phascogales.

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Family Myrmecobiidae

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Within dasyuromorphia, Numbat, true diurnal marsupial, termite feeder, lng tongue with mouth ridges, restricted to two natural and two translocated populations.

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Family Thylacinidae

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Within dasyutomorphia, only species with male pouch

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Order Peramelomorphia

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Within Marsupials, bilbies and bandicoots

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Family Peramelidae

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Within Peramelomorphia, bandicoots, omnivores that consume ltos of things in the ground like fungi

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Family Thylacomidae

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Within Peramelomorphia, bilbies, longer ears than bandicoot, mainly carnivorous, mainly insects.

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Family Chaeropodidae

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Within Peramelomorphia, pig footed bandicoot

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Order Diprodontia

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Within Marsupials

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Suborder Macropodiformes

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Within Diprodontia

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Family Macropodidae

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Within macropodiformes, kangaroos and wallabies, foregut fermenters with symbiotic bacteria, pentapedal, + hopping, energy efficient plus 15k, immediate mating

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Family Potoroidae

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Within Macropodiformes, potoroos and bettongs, prehensile tail, simpler stomach bc feeds on fungi n other stuff it digs for, inc eastern bettong (good0, gilberts potoroo (bad) and brush tailed betong (bad)

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Family Hypsiprymnodontidae

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Within macropodiformes, musky rat kangaroo, bounds, frugivorous, prehensile tail for carrying nesting, short gestation (19 day)

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Suborder Vombatiformes

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Within Diprodontia

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Suborder Phalangiformes

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Within Diprodontia, possums

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Family Burramyidae

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Within Phalangiformes, pygmy possums

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Family Petauridae

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Within Phalangeriformes, gliders, including leadbeaters

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Family Pseudocheiridae

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Within Phalangeriformes, ringtails, inc greater glider

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Family Tarsipedidae

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Within Phalangeriformes, honey possum

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Family Acrobatidae

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Within Phalangeriformes, feathertail gliders

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Family Phalangeridae

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Within Phalangeriformes, brushtail and cus cus

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Order Notoryctemorphia

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Within Marsupials

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Family Notoryctidae

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Within Notoryctemorphia, marsupial moles, swim through sand, vestigial lenses no eyes, no external ears just pinnae

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Family Pretopodidae

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Within Chiroptera, flying foxes and fruit bats

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Family Megadermatidae

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Within Chiroptera, ghost bat

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Family Rhinolophidae

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Within Chiroptera, horseshoe bat, complex facial structure for echolocation

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Family Hipposideridae

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Within Chiroptera, leaf nosed bats

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Family Vespertillionidae

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Within Chiroptera, evening bats

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Family Molossidae

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Within Chiroptera, free tailed bats

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Family Emballonuridae

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Within Chiroptera, sheath tailed bats

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Family Miniopteridae

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Within Chiroptera, bent wing bats, elongated third finger allowing wing manouvering

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Family Otariidae

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Within Carnivora, sea lions and fur seals

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Family Phocidae

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Within Carnivora, earless seals

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Family Balaenidae

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Within Cetacea, southern right whale

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Family Neobalaenidae

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Within Cetacea, pygmy right whale

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Family Balaenopteridae

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Within Cetacea, baleen whales

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Family Physeteridae

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Within Cetacea, sperm whale

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Family Kogiidae

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Within cetacea, small sperm whales

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Family Ziphiidae

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within cetacea, beaked whales

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Family Delphinidae

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Within cetacea, dolphins, killer whales, pilot whales

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Family phocoenidae

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Within cetacea, spectacles porpoise

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Genus Petauris

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Within Petauridae, squirrel and yellow bellied glifer, highly social

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Genus Gymnobelideus

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Within Petauridae, leadbeaters possum

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Genus Dactylopsila

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Within Petauridae, striped possums, rounded cranium for munching, large procumbent lower incisors, 4th finger elongated

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Genus Trichosurus

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Within Phalangeridae, brushtails, includes bobuck,with polygyny in abundant resources and monogamy in limited resources

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Genus Petrogale

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Within Macropods, rock wallabies

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Genus Gendrogalus

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Within Macropods, tree kangaroos

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Genus Thygogale

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Within Macropod ,Pademelons

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Genus Setonix

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Within Macropod, Quokka

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Genus Onuchogalea

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Within Macropod, Nailtail , horny sput on tail, put in ground sometimes, dunno why

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Genus Lagorchestes

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Within macropod, hare wallabies

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Genus Pteropus

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Within Pteropodidae, flying foxes, roost in camps

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