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Metatherian Orders and Families Flashcards

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Dasyuromorphia

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Small carnivores (e.g. Tas devil, tiger, numbat)

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Notoryctemorphia

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Marsupial moles

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Peramelemorphia

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Bandicoots and bilbies

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Diprotodontia

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Most diverse order, contains 11 families

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Didelphimorphia

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Opossums

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Paucituberculata

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Shrew-possums of Andes mountains

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Microbiotheria

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Hibernating relict Australidelphian of Andes mountains (Dromiciops gliroides)

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Dasyuridae

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Small carnivores, including the Tasmanian devil; Order Dasyuromorphia

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Myrmecobiidae

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Numbat; Order Dasyurimorphia

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Thylacinidae

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Tasmanian wolf/tiger; Dasyuromorphia

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11
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Pelemelidae

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Bandicoots; Peramelemorphia

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Thylacomyidae

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Bilbies; Pelamelemorphia

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Chaeropodidae

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Pig-footed bandicoot; extinct Peramelemorphia

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Vombatidae

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Wombats; Diprotodontia

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Phascolarctidae

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Koalas; Diprotodontia

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Burramyidae

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Pygmy possums; Diprotodontia

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Phalangeridae

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Possums, cuscuses; Diprotodontia

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Tarsipedidae

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Small, nectar-eating with prehensile tail (Tarsipes rostratus); Diprotodontia

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Acrobatidae

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Feathertail possum and feathertail glider; Diprotodontia

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Pseudo heir idea

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Ringtail possum and greater glider, largely herbivorous with caecum involved in microbial fermentation; Diprotodontia

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Petauridae

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Trioks, Leadbeater’s possum, lesser gliders (including sugar glider); Diprotodontia

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Hypsiprymnodontidae

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Musky rat-kangaroo (1 species); Diprotodontia

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Potoroidae

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Small rat-like forms with semi-prehensile tails; Diprotodontia

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Macropodidae

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Kangaroos, largest extant marsupial, adapted for herbivorous grazing/browsing lifestyle; Diprotodontia

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