List of adaptive radiated marsupials by form

This is a list of adaptive radiated marsupials by form; they are adaptively radiated marsupial species equivalent to the many niche-types of non-marsupial mammals. Many of the surviving species are from Australia. There are unique types, for example the extinct genus Nototherium, a 'rhinoceros-type'.Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg, O'Brien, Susman, & Boggs. Life on Earth, Chapter: Biogeography, Graphic: Adaptive Radiation of Marsupials, p. 854-855.

The new world has the common opossum, also a unique form.Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg, O'Brien, Susman, & Boggs. Life on Earth, Chapter: Biogeography, Graphic: Adaptive Radiation of Marsupials, p. 854-855.

Even before the mid-19th century and Charles Darwin's time, biogeographers understood speciation and animal niches. A supreme example that became known to Darwin as sailing ships traveled the world is the New Zealand flightless, ground-dwelling, worm-eating kiwi, a bird, but a species in a mammal-niche.

Anteater-like 1 genus–(monotypic)(2 subspecies)

Anteater-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(anteater-like) Family-MyrmecobiidaeGenus-Myrmecobius M. fasciatus(2 subspecies) Western Australia(2 subspecies)

Cat-like 1 genus–(6 species)

Cat-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(cat-like) Order-DasyuromorphiaFamily- DasyuridaeGenus-Dasyurus D. albopunctatus D. geoffroii D. hallucatus D. maculatus D. spartacus D. viverrinus Australia, New Guinea

Groundhog-like 6 genera2 surviving genera

Groundhog-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(groundhog-like) Family-VombatidaeGenera 6 genera

Mole-like 1 genus–(2 species)

Mole-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(mole-like) Genus-Notoryctes N. caurinus N. typhlops

Rhinoceros-like 1 genus

Rhinoceros-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(rhinoceros-like) Order-DiprotodontiaSub-Order-VombatiformesFamily-DiprotodontidaeGenus-Nototherium Extinct

Panther-like 6 genera Panther-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(panther-like) Order-DiprotodontiaFamily-ThylacoleonidaeGenus †Priscileo †Priscileo pitikantensis (Upper Oligocene) †Priscileo roskellyae (Middle Miocene) Subfamily Wakaleoninae Genus †Wakaleo †Wakaleo alcootaensis (Upper Miocene) †Wakaleo oldfieldi (Lower—Upper Miocene) †Wakaleo vanderleueri (Middle—Upper Miocene) Subfamily Thylacoleoninae Genus †Thylacoleo †Thylacoleo carnifex (Pleistocene) †Thylacoleo crassidentatus (Pliocene) †Thylacoleo hilli (Pliocene)Extinct

Flying Squirrel-like 1 genus–(6 species)

Flying Squirrel-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(flying squirrel-like) Genus-Petaurus P. abidi P. australis P. biacensis P. breviceps P. gracilis P. norfolcensis

Canine-like 1 genus–(1 species)

canine-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes ImagesMarsupial:(canine-like) Order-DasyuromorphiaFamily- ThylacinidaeGenus-Thylacinus T. cynocephalus Extinct

Hyena-like 1 genus–(1 species)

Hyena-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(hyena-like) Order-DasyuromorphiaFamily- DasyuridaeGenus-Sarcophilus S. harrisii Extirpatedfrom mainland(Tasmania only)

Deer-like

- Family Macropodidae

Unique: opossum-like ? species

Unique—Opossum-like marsupials Taxa Presence Notes Images Marsupial:(opossum-like) Infraclass-MarsupialiaFamily-DidelphidaeGenera Many genera

List of adaptive radiated marsupials by form

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