Australia. Guide to Australia

‘Animals Australia’

Marsupial Mouse (Antechinus) - Kind of a family of carnivorous mammals, marsupials, live in Australia,the ostrove Tasmania, as well as on the island of New Guinea.

Marsupial mice are small, body length of 80 before 120 mm, weight - 16-170, the, hair short and rather rough,color from gray to dark brown.

Usually, marsupial mice live in eucalypt forests, feed on insects and small vertebrates. Marsupial Mouse, terrestrial animals, but some species can climb trees.

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Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus laniarius)- Carnivorous marsupial mammal of the family, Tasmanian devil is also called the Tasmanian devil, or marsupial devil.

Tasmanian Devil - the largest of the modern marsupial predator the size of a small dog, than resembling a miniature bear. The body length is 50-80 cm Tasmanian Devil, tail - 23-30 cm. Males larger than females, large male weighs up to 12 kg at a height of up to 30 cm.
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Australian echidna ( Tachyglossus aculeatus) - Egg-laying mammal of the family of echidnas, is found in Australia, on Tasmania, in New Guinea and the islands in Bass Strait. Australian echidna is the only representative of this kind of echidnas, its length - 30-45 cm, weight from 2,5 before 5 kg. The head is covered with coarse hair of vipers, neck is short, almost invisible from the outside, ears are not visible, echidna snout elongated into a narrow "beak" in length 75 mm, straight or slightly curved.

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