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The red kangaroo is Australia’s largest native terrestrial land mammal, and is the only kangaroo truly restricted to Australia’s arid interior.

Names: Brown antechinus (Antechinus stuartii), also known as the marsupial mouse, are are extraordinary in almost every way.

The dugongs' link to mermaid mythology is usually attributed to their pectoral mammary glands – which have been likened to human breasts!

Pookilas can create intricate burrow systems in sandy soil where they nest during the day, raise their young, and stay safe during fire.

Pregnancy in eastern barred bandicoots lasts just 12.5 days, the second shortest of any mammal! Amazingly, they can have up to 5 litters a year.

The common brush-tailed possum is a versatile marsupial that can live just as happily in the roof of your home as in a remote forest tree hollow.

After missing from the records for 120 years and thought extinct, the Gilbert's potoroo has come “back from the dead”.

Dasyurids are carnivorous marsupials

Southern hairy-nosed wombats are the marsupial equivalent of an excavator, and their warrens can be more than 100 years old.

Unlike the harsh calls made by other possums and koalas, common ring-tailed possums are almost musical and their calls are more like a birdcall.