The Oxford Guide to Mammals of Australia |
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active at night Antechinus Australia Australian waters Bandicoot beak bears single young birth body fur breeding season Burramyidae burrows cent of total claws colour Dasyuridae diet eats Eutheria FAMILY feeds on insects fin on back flippers Forearm length Body forelimbs front teeth g Description genera GENUS gestation length grey greyish Guinea Habitat Habits haired hind feet hind limbs Hind-foot length Body known length Body weight length Tail length litter size usually lower jaw males mammals mm Body weight months naked nests Ningaui nose leaf occur in Australia oestrous cycle Petauridae Phalangeridae Planigale pouch area rain forest Rare or endangered recorded in Australian reddish Reproductive biology roosts round Saccolaimus sclerophyll sclerophyll forests sexually mature solitary Species squid stripe tail membrane tapering teats in pouch Thylacomyidae toes on hind Total length Tail tropical under-parts lighter under-parts white Whale Total length woodland yellowish young independent young weaned