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Also Known As Metatheria • Marsupialia

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Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
marsupials
wombat
common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
dunnart (Sminthopsis)
Eastern gray kangaroos
long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta)
Diprotodon
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