Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of fourteen species of diprotodonts, a primarily herbivorous order of marsupials, including possums, koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, and wombats.

Learn about the marsupials of the world, including opossums, kangaroos, koalas and others.

Simple text and colorful illustrations introduce various marsupials. The afterword provides futher information about the illustrations.

A million or more years ago, during the Ice Age, Australia was home to a wide range of extraordinary giant animals. None was quite as bizarre or fearsome as Thylacoleo, the meat-eating marsupial lion. Pound for pound, this creature had the most powerful bite of any mammal, living or extinct. Even though it was at the top of the ancient Australian predators, Thylacoleo was eventually toppled from its throne, dying out along with all the rest of the...

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the main types of marsupials and the differences between them and placental mammals, including reproduction, gestation, and birth.

Examines marsupials, those animals that carry their babies in pouches, including the opossum, kangaroo, and Tasmanian devil.

Discusses some of the 248 species of marsupials.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of koalas and other mammals called marsupials.

Questions and answers explore the world of marsupials, animals with pouches, with an emphasis on the kangaroo.