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The Mammals of Australia is a three-volume work written and published by John Gould between 1845–63. It contains 182 illustrations by the author and its artist H. C. Richter. It was intended to be a complete survey of the novel species of mammals, such as the marsupials, discovered in the colonies of Australia.

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Mammals of Australia

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The mammals of Australia have a rich fossil history, as well as a variety of extant mammalian species, dominated by the marsupials, but also including...

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List of mammals of Australia

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A total of 386 species of mammals have been recorded in Australia and surrounding continental waters: 364 indigenous and 22 introduced. The list includes...

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The Mammals of Australia

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The Mammals of Australia is a three-volume work written and published by John Gould between 1845–63. It contains 182 illustrations by the author and its...

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Fauna of Australia

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The fauna of Australia consists of a large variety of animals; some 46% of birds, 69% of mammals, 94% of amphibians, and 93% of reptiles that inhabit...

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List of marine mammals of Australia

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the list of marine mammals found in Australian waters. It is a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia. Conservation status listed follows the IUCN...

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List of monotremes and marsupials of Australia

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Mammals are divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes), and live birth mammals. The second subclass...

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Lists of mammals by region

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Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places...

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List of mammals of Western Australia

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Mammals in Western Australia include both native and introduced species. Family: Tachyglossidae Genus: Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, T. aculeatus...

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List of mammals of South Australia

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This is a list of mammals of South Australia. It includes all mammals recorded in South Australia since European settlement, including some known only...

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List of rodents of Australia

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and marsupials of Australia List of bats of Australia List of placental mammals introduced to Australia List of marine mammals of Australia Van Dyke, S....

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List of placental mammals introduced to Australia

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A variety of placental mammals have been introduced to Australia since the arrival of Captain Cook in 1770. They have ranged in size from rodents to deer...

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Monotreme

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(/ˈmɒnətriːmz/) are mammals of the order Monotremata. They are the only known group of living mammals that lay eggs, rather than bearing live young. The extant monotreme...

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List of mammals of Tasmania

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Tasmanian mammals are divided into three major groups based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes), pouched mammals (the marsupials)...

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List of Australian mammal emblems

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list of Australian mammal emblems. List of Australian bird emblems List of Australian floral emblems "Guidelines on the Use of the Commonwealth Coat of Arms"...

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Mammal

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A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterized by the presence of milk-producing...

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Thylacine

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the ground, instead of being covered by a small shelter. Mammals portal Fauna of Australia List of extinct animals of Australia Based on the lack of reliable...

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Cenozoic

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America) in the southern hemisphere. The extinction of many groups allowed mammals and birds to greatly diversify so that large mammals and birds dominated...

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Lesser bilby

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marsupial. The species was first described by Oldfield Thomas as Peregale leucura in 1887 from a single specimen from a collection of mammals of the British...

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List of bats of Australia

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This is the list of bats of Australia, a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia. About 75 bat species are known to occur in Australia, Lord Howe...

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Koala

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work The Mammals of Australia (1845–1863) and introduced the species, as well as other members of Australia's little-known faunal community, to the public...

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List of recently extinct mammals

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Recently extinct mammals are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as any mammals that have become extinct since the year 1500...

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Desert bandicoot

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T.; Troughton, E. (4 May 1934). "A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia". The Australian Museum Memoir. 6: 1–122. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1967...

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Evolution of mammals

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Mesozoic mammals are represented by nearly complete skeletons". Some writers restrict the term "mammal" to the crown group mammals, the group consisting of the...

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Australia

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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania...

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Echidna

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(egg-laying mammals) belonging to the family Tachyglossidae /tækiˈɡlɒsɪdiː/, living in Australia and New Guinea. The four extant species of echidnas and the platypus...

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Red kangaroo

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The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial...

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Dibbler

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distinguished by the name Southern dibbler, however this name is given in The Mammals of Australia (2008), the formative guide for Australian mammal nomenclature...

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Tiger quoll

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area of northern Queensland and is endangered. The tiger quoll is a member of the family Dasyuridae, which includes most carnivorous marsupial mammals. This...

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