While kangaroos, koalas, and opposums are definitely among the popular lot, the list of marsupials is not restricted to them. It also comprises gliders, dunnarts, and bandicoots, which may not be popular, but are quite amazing in themselves.
Did You Know?
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is the only marsupial found in the United States.
Kangaroos and koalas are typically characterized by the presence of a pouch as a part of their anatomy in which they carry their young ones. This pouch, which is known as marsupium in Latin, forms the basis of classification when it comes to marsupials. Simply put, marsupials―Metatheria infraclass of mammals―are animals in whom the females carry their young ones in a pouch on their body throughout infancy.
As of today, as many as 334 extant species of marsupials have been identified, around 70 percent of which are found in Australia and New Guinea―an island in the Pacific which is governed by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The rest of the species are spread over South America, Central America, and North America.
Facts About Marsupials
Before we move ahead, you need to understand that the pouch is just one of the characteristic traits of marsupials; not the sole criterion of classification. Not all marsupials sport a permanent pouch. In fact, some species just have folds of skin wherein they house the newborns. Other characteristics of the members of this infraclass of mammals include a short gestation period and a long lactation period.
Basically, the short period which the young ones spend in the womb, is supplemented by the lengthy lactation period wherein the young ones stay in the pouch and feed on the mother’s milk. Though the newborns are weak, owing to the short gestation period, they do have strong forelimbs which help them crawl out of the pouch for feeding.
More than 300 marsupial mammals are found in different parts of the world. While the long-tailed planigale (Planigale ingrami) is the smallest marsupial on Earth, measuring around 55 to 65 mm and weighing about 4.2 gm, the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest, measuring 4 ft 7 in. in length and weighing 190 lb. This aptly highlights the great deal of diversity when it comes to marsupials.
List of Extant Marsupials
Agile wallaby
Brush-tailed bettong
Common brushtail possum
Eastern gray kangaroo
Koala
Long-nosed potoroo
Numbat
Quokka
Red kangaroo
Red-necked wallaby
Ringtail possum
Rock wallaby
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
Sugar glider
Tasmanian devil
Tasmanian pademelon
Tasmanian pygmy possum
Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo
Yellow-footed rock-wallaby
CR: Critically Endangered
EN: Endangered
VU: Vulnerable
NT: Near Threatened
LC: Least Concern
DD: Data Deficient
NE: Not Evaluated
Name | Scientific Name | Range | Conservation Status |
Aceramarca Gracile Opossum | Gracilinanus aceramarcae | Bolivia and Peru |
LC
|
Admiralty Island Cuscus | Spilocuscus kraemeri | Papua New Guinea |
NT
|
Agile Antechinus | Antechinus agilis | Australia |
LC
|
Agile Gracile Opossum | Gracilinanus agilis | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay |
LC
|
Agile Wallaby | Macropus agilis | Australia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Agricola’s Gracile Opossum | Cryptonanus agricolai | Brazil |
DD
|
Alexandria False Antechinus | Pseudantechinus mimulus | Australia |
EN
|
Allied Rock-wallaby | Petrogale assimilis | Australia |
LC
|
Alston’s Mouse Opossum | Micoureus alstoni | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama |
LC
|
Amazonian Red-sided Opossum | Monodelphis glirina | Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru |
LC
|
Andean Caenolestid | Caenolestes condorensis | Ecuador |
VU
|
Andean White-eared Opossum | Didelphis pernigra | Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Anderson’s Four-eyed Opossum | Philander andersoni | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Antilopine Kangaroo | Macropus antilopinus | Australia |
LC
|
Arfak Pygmy Bandicoot | Microperoryctes aplini | Indonesia |
DD
|
Argentine Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys sponsorius | Argentina and Bolivia |
LC
|
Atherton Antechinus | Antechinus godmani | Australia |
NT
|
Banded Hare-wallaby | Lagostrophus fasciatus | Australia |
EN
|
Banggai Cuscus | Strigocuscus pelegensis | Indonesia |
LC
|
Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse Opossum | Micoureus regina | Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia |
LC
|
Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum | Caluromys philander | Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Bennett’s Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus bennettianus | Australia |
NT
|
Biak Glider | Petaurus biacensis | Indonesia |
LC
|
Big-eared Opossum | Didelphis aurita | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay |
LC
|
Bishop’s Slender Opossum | Marmosops bishopi | Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia |
LC
|
Black Dorcopsis | Dorcopsis atrata | Papua New Guinea |
CR
|
Black-flanked Rock-wallaby | Petrogale lateralis | Australia |
NT
|
Black-shouldered Opossum | Caluromysiops irrupta | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru |
LC
|
Black-spotted Cuscus | Spilocuscus rufoniger | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
CR
|
Black-striped Wallaby | Macropus dorsalis | Australia |
LC
|
Black-tailed Dasyure | Murexechinus melanurus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Blue-eyed Cuscus | Phalanger matabiru | Indonesia |
VU
|
Blue-eyed Spotted Cuscus | Spilocuscus wilsoni | Indonesia |
CR
|
Boodie | Bettongia lesueur | Australia |
NT
|
Boullanger Island Dunnart | Sminthopsis boullangerensis | Australia |
NE
|
Brazilian Gracile Opossum | Gracilinanus microtarsus | Brazil |
LC
|
Brazilian Slender Opossum | Marmosops paulensis | Brazil |
LC
|
Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby | Onychogalea fraenata | Australia |
EN
|
Broad-striped Dasyure | Paramurexia rothschildi | Papua New Guinea |
VU
|
Bronze Quoll | Dasyurus spartacus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
NT
|
Brown Antechinus | Antechinus stuartii | Australia |
LC
|
Brown Dorcopsis | Dorcopsis muelleri | Indonesia |
LC
|
Brown Four-eyed Opossum | Metachirus myosuros | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Brown-eared Woolly Opossum | Caluromys lanatus | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Brown’s Pademelon | Thylogale browni | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
VU
|
Brush-tailed Mulgara | Dasycercus blythi | Australia |
LC
|
Brush-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale tapoatafa | Australia |
NT
|
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby | Petrogale penicillata | Australia |
NT
|
Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys venustus | Argentina and Bolivia |
DD
|
Bushy-tailed Opossum | Glironia venusta | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. |
LC
|
Calaby’s Pademelon | Thylogale calabyi | Papua New Guinea |
EN
|
Cape York Rock-wallaby | Petrogale coenensis | Australia |
NT
|
Carpentarian Dunnart | Sminthopsis butleri | Australia |
VU
|
Chacoan Gracile Opossum | Cryptonanus chacoensis | Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay |
LC
|
Chacoan Pygmy Opossum | Chacodelphys formosa | Argentina |
VU
|
Chestnut Dunnart | Sminthopsis archeri | Papua New Guinea and Australia |
DD
|
Chestnut-striped Opossum | Monodelphis rubida | Brazil |
DD
|
Cinderella Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys cinderella | Argentina and Bolivia |
LC
|
Cinereus Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirulus cinereus | Australia |
LC
|
Cinnamon Antechinus | Antechinus leo | Australia |
LC
|
Clara’s Spiny Bandicoot | Echymipera clara | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Common Brushtail Possum | Trichosurus vulpecula | Australia |
LC
|
Common Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys pusillus | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay |
LC
|
Common Opossum | Didelphis marsupialis | Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. |
LC
|
Common Planigale | Planigale maculata | Australia |
LC
|
Common Ringtail Possum | Pseudocheirus peregrinus | Australia |
LC
|
Common Spiny Bandicoot | Echymipera kaluba | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Common Spotted Cuscus | Spilocuscus maculatus | Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Common Wallaroo | Macropus robustus | Australia |
LC
|
Common Wombat | Vombatus ursinus | Australia |
LC
|
Coppery Brushtail Possum | Trichosurus johnstonii | Australia |
LC
|
Coppery Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirops cupreus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Creighton’s Slender Opossum | Marmosops creightoni | Bolivia |
DD
|
Crest-tailed Mulgara | Dasycercus cristicauda | Australia |
LC
|
D’Albertis’ Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirops albertisii | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
NT
|
David’s Spiny Bandicoot | Echymipera davidi | Papua New Guinea |
EN
|
Delicate Slender Opossum | Marmosops parvidens | French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Brazil |
LC
|
Deltaic Four-eyed Opossum | Philander deltae | Venezuela |
LC
|
Derby’s Woolly Opossum | Caluromys derbianus | Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. |
LC
|
Dibbler | Parantechinus apicalis | Australia |
EN
|
Dingiso | Dendrolagus mbaiso | Indonesia |
EN
|
Doria’s Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus dorianus | Papua New Guinea |
VU
|
Dorothys’ Slender Opossum | Marmosops dorothea | Brazil and Bolivia |
LC
|
Dusky Antechinus | Antechinus swainsonii | Australia |
LC
|
Dusky Caenolestid | Caenolestes fuliginosus | Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Dusky Pademelon | Thylogale brunii | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
VU
|
Dusky Slender Opossum | Marmosops fuscatus | Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
DD
|
Dwarf Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys velutinus | Brazil |
LC
|
Eastern Barred Bandicoot | Perameles gunnii | Australia |
NT
|
Eastern Bettong | Bettongia gaimardi | Australia |
NT
|
Eastern Common Cuscus | Phalanger intercastellanus | Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Eastern Grey Kangaroo | Macropus giganteus | Australia |
LC
|
Eastern Pygmy Possum | Cercartetus nanus | Australia |
LC
|
Eastern Quoll | Dasyurus viverrinus | Australia |
NT
|
Eastern Striped Bandicoot | Microperoryctes ornata | Papua New Guinea |
NE
|
Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys elegans | Chile and Argentina |
LC
|
Emilia’s Gracile Opossum | Gracilinanus emilae | Brazil, Colombia, French Guyana, and Suriname |
DD
|
Emilia’s Short-tailed Opossum | Monodelphis emiliae | Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru |
LC
|
Fat-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis crassicaudata | Australia |
LC
|
Fat-tailed False Antechinus | Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis | Australia |
LC
|
Fawn Antechinus | Antechinus bellus | Australia |
LC
|
Feather-tailed Possum | Distoechurus pennatus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Feathertail Glider | Acrobates pygmaeus | Australia |
LC
|
Gebe Cuscus | Phalanger alexandrae | Indonesia |
EN
|
Giant Bandicoot | Peroryctes broadbenti | Papua New Guinea |
EN
|
Gilbert’s Dunnart | Sminthopsis gilberti | Australia |
LC
|
Gilbert’s Potoroo | Potorous gilbertii | Australia |
CR
|
Godman’s Rock-wallaby | Petrogale godmani | Australia |
LC
|
Golden Bandicoot | Isoodon auratus | Australia |
VU
|
Golden-mantled Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus pulcherrimus | Indonesia |
CR
|
Goodfellow’s Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus goodfellowi | Indonesia |
EN
|
Gray Dorcopsis | Dorcopsis luctuosa | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
VU
|
Gray Four-eyed Opossum | Philander opossum | Mexico, Belize, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Gray Short-tailed Opossum | Monodelphis domestica | Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. |
LC
|
Gray Slender Opossum | Marmosops incanus | Brazil |
LC
|
Gray-bellied Caenolestid | Caenolestes caniventer | Ecuador and Peru |
NT
|
Grayish Mouse Opossum | Tlacuatzin canescens | Mexico |
LC
|
Great-tailed Triok | Dactylopsila megalura | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Greater Bilby | Macrotis lagotis | Australia |
LC
|
Greater Glider | Petauroides volans | Australia |
VU
|
Green Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirops archeri | Australia |
LC
|
Grey-bellied Dunnart | Sminthopsis griseoventer | Australia |
LC
|
Grizzled Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus inustus | Indonesia |
VU
|
Ground Cuscus | Phalanger gymnotis | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Guahiba Gracile Opossum | Cryptonanus guahybae | Brazil |
DD
|
Guajira Mouse Opossum | Marmosa xerophila | Colombia and Venezuela |
VU
|
Guianan White-eared Opossum | Didelphis imperfecta | Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana and Venezuela |
LC
|
Habbema Dasyure | Micromurexia habbema | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Hairy-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis hirtipes | Australia |
LC
|
Handley’s Slender Opossum | Marmosops handleyi | Colombia |
CR
|
Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum | Marmosa andersoni | Peru |
DD
|
Herbert River Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirulus herbertensis | Australia |
LC
|
Herbert’s Rock-wallaby | Petrogale herberti | Australia |
LC
|
Honey Possum | Tarsipes rostratus | Australia |
LC
|
Hooded Red-sided Opossum | Monodelphis palliolata | Colombia and Venezuela |
LC
|
Ihering’s Three-striped Opossum | Monodelphis iheringi | Argentina and Brazil |
DD
|
Incan caenolestid | Lestoros inca | Peru |
LC
|
Isthmian Mouse Opossum | Marmosa isthmica | Colombia and Panama |
NE
|
Julia Creek Dunnart | Sminthopsis douglasi | Australia |
NT
|
Junin Slender Opossum | Marmosops juninensis | Rio |
VU
|
Kakadu Dunnart | Sminthopsis bindi | Australia |
LC
|
Kalinowski’s Mouse Opossum | Hyladelphys kalinowskii | Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru |
LC
|
Kangaroo Island Dunnart | Sminthopsis aitkeni | Australia |
CR
|
Karimi’s Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys karimii | Brazil |
VU
|
Koala | Phascolarctos cinereus | Australia |
LC
|
Kowari | Dasyuroides byrnei | Australia |
VU
|
Kultarr | Antechinomys laniger | Australia |
LC
|
Leadbeater’s Possum | Gymnobelideus leadbeateri | Australia |
EN
|
Lemur-like Ringtail Possum | Hemibelideus lemuroides | Australia |
NT
|
Lesser Hairy-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis youngsoni | Australia |
LC
|
Linnaeus’s Mouse Opossum | Marmosa murina | Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and eastern Bolivia |
LC
|
Little Long-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis dolichura | Australia |
LC
|
Little Red Kaluta | Dasykalua rosamondae | Australia |
LC
|
Little Woolly Mouse Opossum | Micoureus phaeus | Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. |
VU
|
Long-fingered Triok | Dactylopsila palpator | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Long-footed Potoroo | Potorous longipes | Australia |
EN
|
Long-nosed Bandicoot | Perameles nasuta | Australia |
LC
|
Long-nosed Caenolestid | Rhyncholestes raphanurus | Chile and Argentina |
NT
|
Long-nosed Dasyure | Phascomurexia naso | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Long-nosed Potoroo | Potorous tridactylus | Australia |
LC
|
Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum | Monodelphis scalops | Argentina and Brazil |
LC
|
Long-nosed Spiny Bandicoot | Echymipera rufescens | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Long-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis longicaudata | Australia |
LC
|
Long-tailed Planigale | Planigale ingrami | Australia |
LC
|
Long-tailed Pygmy Possum | Cercartetus caudatus | Australia and Indonesia |
LC
|
Lowland Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirulus canescens | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Lowlands Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus spadix | Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Lumholtz’s Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus lumholtzi | Australia |
LC
|
Lutrine or Thick-tailed Opossum | Lutreolina crassicaudata | Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, Colombia, and Guyana. |
LC
|
Macleay’s Dorcopsis | Dorcopsulus macleayi | Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Mahogany Glider | Petaurus gracilis | Australia |
EN
|
Marajó Short-tailed Opossum | Monodelphis maraxina | Brazil |
DD
|
Mareeba Rock-wallaby | Petrogale mareeba | Australia |
LC
|
Masked Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirulus larvatus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Matschie’s Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus matschiei | Papua New Guinea |
EN
|
McIlhenny’s Four-eyed Opossum | Philander mcilhennyi | Brazil and Peru |
LC
|
Menzies’ Spiny Bandicoot | Echymipera echinista | Papua New Guinea |
DD
|
Mexican Mouse Opossum | Marmosa mexicana | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. |
LC
|
Mondolfi’s Four-eyed Opossum | Philander mondolfii | Colombia and Venezuela |
LC
|
Monito del Monte | Dromiciops gliroides | Chile and Argentina |
NT
|
Monjon | Petrogale burbidgei | Australia |
NT
|
Mount Claro Rock-wallaby | Petrogale sharmani | Australia |
NT
|
Mountain Brushtail Possum | Trichosurus cunninghami | Australia |
LC
|
Mountain Cuscus | Phalanger carmelitae | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Mountain Pademelon | Thylogale lanatus | Papua New Guinea |
EN
|
Mountain Pygmy Possum | Burramys parvus | Australia |
CR
|
Mouse Bandicoot | Microperoryctes murina | Indonesia |
DD
|
Musky Rat-kangaroo | Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | Australia |
LC
|
Nabarlek | Petrogale concinna | Australia |
DD
|
Narrow-headed Slender Opossum | Marmosops cracens | Venezuela |
DD
|
Narrow-nosed Planigale | Planigale tenuirostris | Australia |
LC
|
Narrow-striped Marsupial Shrew | Phascolosorex dorsalis | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Neblina Slender Opossum | Marmosops neblina | Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Peru |
LC
|
New Guinean Planigale | Planigale novaeguineae | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
New Guinean Quoll | Dasyurus albopunctatus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
NT
|
Ningbing False Antechinus | Pseudantechinus ningbing | Australia |
LC
|
Northern Bettong | Bettongia tropica | Australia |
EN
|
Northern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon macrourus | Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Northern Brushtail Possum | Trichosurus arnhemensis | Australia |
NE
|
Northern Caenolestid | Caenolestes convelatus | Colombia and Ecuador |
VU
|
Northern Common Cuscus | Phalanger orientalis | Indonesia |
LC
|
Northern Glider | Petaurus abidi | Papua New Guinea |
CR
|
Northern Gracile Opossum | Gracilinanus marica | Colombia and Venezuela |
LC
|
Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat | Lasiorhinus krefftii | Australia |
CR
|
Northern Marsupial Mole | Notoryctes caurinus | Australia |
DD
|
Northern Nail-tail Wallaby | Onychogalea unguifera | Australia |
LC
|
Northern Quoll | Dasyurus hallucatus | Australia |
EN
|
Northern Red-sided Opossum | Monodelphis brevicaudata | Bolivia, Brazil. French Guyana, Guyana, Surinam, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Northern Three-striped Opossum | Monodelphis americana | Brazil |
LC
|
Numbat | Myremecobius fasciatus | Australia |
EN
|
Olrog’s Four-eyed Opossum | Philander olrogi | Bolivia |
DD
|
One-striped Opossum | Monodelphis unistriata | Argentina and Brazil |
CR
|
Ooldea Dunnart | Sminthopsis ooldea | Australia |
LC
|
Ornate Cuscus | Phalanger ornatus | Indonesia |
LC
|
Osgood’s Short-tailed Opossum | Monodelphis osgoodi | Bolivia and Peru |
LC
|
Painted Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirulus forbesi | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Panama Slender Opossum | Marmosops invictus | Panama |
LC
|
Papuan Bandicoot | Microperoryctes papuensis | Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys macrurus | Brazil and Paraguay |
NT
|
Parma Wallaby | Macropus parma | Australia |
NT
|
Patagonian Opossum | Lestodelphys halli | Argentina |
LC
|
Paucident Planigale | Planigale gilesi | Australia |
LC
|
Pilbara Ningaui | Ningaui timealeyi | Australia |
LC
|
Pinheiro’s Slender Opossum | Marmosops pinheiroi | Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela |
LC
|
Plush-coated Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirops corinnae | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
NT
|
Pretty-faced Wallaby | Macropus parryi | Australia |
LC
|
Proserpine Rock-wallaby | Petrogale persephone | Australia |
EN
|
Purple-necked Rock-wallaby | Petrogale purpureicollis | Australia |
LC
|
Pygmy Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirulus mayeri | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum | Monodelphis kunsi | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay |
LC
|
Quechuan Mouse Opossum | Marmosa quichua | Indonesia |
VU
|
Quokka | Setonix brachyurus | Australia |
VU
|
Raffray’s Bandicoot | Peroryctes raffrayana | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Reclusive Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirops coronatus | Peru |
LC
|
Red Kangaroo | Macropus rufus | Australia |
LC
|
Red Mouse Opossum | Marmosa rubra | Ecuador and Peru |
DD
|
Red Three-striped Opossum | Monodelphis umbristriata | Brazil |
VU
|
Red-bellied Marsupial Shrew | Phascolosorex doriae | Indonesia |
LC
|
Red-cheeked Dunnart | Sminthopsis virginiae | Australia |
LC
|
Red-legged Pademelon | Thylogale stigmatica | Australia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Red-necked Pademelon | Thylogale thetis | Australia |
LC
|
Red-necked Wallaby | Macropus rufogriseus | Australia |
LC
|
Red-tailed Phascogale | Phascogale calura | Australia |
NT
|
Reig’s Opossum | Monodelphis reigi | Venezuela |
VU
|
Robinson’s Mouse Opossum | Marmosa robinsoni | Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Grenada, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
LC
|
Rock-haunting Ringtail Possum | Petropseudes dahli | Australia |
LC
|
Ronald’s Opossum | Monodelphis ronaldi | Peru |
LC
|
Rory Cooper’s False Antechinus | Pseudantechinus roryi | Australia |
LC
|
Rothschild’s Cuscus | Phalanger rothschildi | Indonesia |
LC
|
Rothschild’s Rock-wallaby | Petrogale rothschildi | Australia |
LC
|
Rufous Hare-wallaby | Lagorchestes hirsutus | Australia |
VU
|
Rufous Mouse Opossum | Marmosa lepida | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Surinam |
LC
|
Rufous Rat-kangaroo | Aepyprymnus rufescens | Australia |
LC
|
Sandhill Dunnart | Sminthopsis psammophila | Australia |
EN
|
Sandstone Dibbler | Pseudantechinus bilarni | Australia |
NT
|
Scaly-tailed Possum | Wyulda squamicaudata | Australia |
DD
|
Sepia Short-tailed Opossum | Monodelphis adusta | Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela |
LC
|
Seram Bandicoot | Rhynchomeles prattorum | Indonesia |
EN
|
Seri’s Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus stellarum | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
VU
|
Short-eared Possum | Trichosurus caninus | Australia |
LC
|
Short-eared Rock-wallaby | Petrogale brachyotis | Australia |
LC
|
Short-furred Dasyure | Murexia longicaudata | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Silky Cuscus | Phalanger sericeus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Slender-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis murina | Australia |
LC
|
Small Dorcopsis | Dorcopsulus vanheurni | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
NT
|
Sooty Dunnart | Sminthopsis fuliginosus | Australia |
DD
|
Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum | Philander frenatus | Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina |
LC
|
Southern Brown Bandicoot | Isoodon obesulus | Australia |
LC
|
Southern Common Cuscus | Phalanger mimicus | Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat | Lasiorhinus latifrons | Australia |
LC
|
Southern Marsupial Mole | Notoryctes typhlops | Australia |
DD
|
Southern Ningaui | Ningaui yvonneae | Australia |
LC
|
Southern Red-sided Opossum | Monodelphis sorex | Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay |
LC
|
Southern Three-striped Opossum | Monodelphis theresa | Brazil |
DD
|
Southwestern Pygmy Possum | Cercartetus concinnus | Australia |
LC
|
Speckled Dasyure | Neophascogale lorentzi | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Spectacled Hare-wallaby | Lagorchestes conspicillatus | Australia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Squirrel Glider | Petaurus norfolcensis | Australia |
LC
|
Stein’s Cuscus | Phalanger vestitus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Stripe-faced Dunnart | Sminthopsis macroura | Australia |
LC
|
Striped Possum | Dactylopsila trivirgata | Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Subtropical Antechinus | Antechinus subtropicus | Australia |
LC
|
Sugar Glider | Petaurus breviceps | Australia |
LC
|
Sulawesi Bear Cuscus | Ailurops ursinus | Indonesia |
VU
|
Sulawesi Dwarf Cuscus | Strigocuscus celebensis | Indonesia |
VU
|
Swamp Antechinus | Antechinus minimus | Australia |
LC
|
Swamp Wallaby or Black Wallaby | Wallabia bicolor | Australia |
LC
|
Talaud Bear Cuscus | Ailurops melanotis | Indonesia |
CR
|
Tammar Wallaby | Macropus eugenii | Australia |
LC
|
Tasmanian Devil | Sarcophilus harrisii | Australia |
EN
|
Tasmanian Pademelon | Thylogale billardierii | Australia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Tasmanian Pygmy Possum | Cercartetus lepidus | Australia |
LC
|
Tate’s Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys tatei | Peru |
DD
|
Tate’s Triok | Dactylopsila tatei | Papua New Guinea |
EN
|
Tate’s Woolly Mouse Opossum | Micoureus paraguayanus | Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina |
LC
|
Telefomin Cuscus | Phalanger matanim | Papua New Guinea |
CR
|
Tenkile | Dendrolagus scottae | Papua New Guinea |
CR
|
Three-striped Dasyure | Myoictis melas | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Tiger Quoll | Dasyurus maculatus | Australia |
NT
|
Tropical Antechinus | Antechinus adustus | Australia |
LC
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Tschudi’s Slender Opossum | Marmosops impavidus | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela |
LC
|
Tyleria Mouse Opossum | Marmosa tyleriana | Venezuela |
DD
|
Unadorned Rock-wallaby | Petrogale inornata | Australia |
LC
|
Unduavi Gracile Opossum | Cryptonanus unduaviensis | Bolivia |
DD
|
Ursine Tree-kangaroo | Dendrolagus ursinus | Indonesia |
VU
|
Virginia Opossum | Didelphis virginiana | Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica |
LC
|
Vogelkop Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirulus schlegeli | Indonesia |
VU
|
Waigeou Cuscus | Spilocuscus papuensis | Indonesia |
VU
|
Wallace’s Dasyure | Myoictis wallacii | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
NE
|
Water Opossum | Chironectes minimus | Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina |
LC
|
Western Barred Bandicoot | Perameles bougainville | Australia |
EN
|
Western Brush Wallaby | Macropus irma | Australia |
LC
|
Western Gray Kangaroo | Macropus fuliginosus | Australia |
LC
|
Western Quoll | Dasyurus geoffroii | Australia |
NT
|
Western Striped Bandicoot | Microperoryctes longicauda | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea |
LC
|
Weyland Ringtail Possum | Pseudochirulus caroli | Indonesia |
LC
|
White-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | Thylamys pallidior | Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru |
LC
|
White-bellied Slender Opossum | Marmosops noctivagus | Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru |
LC
|
White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum | Micoureus constantiae | Bolivia, Brazil,and Argentina |
LC
|
White-eared Opossum | Didelphis albiventris | Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay |
LC
|
White-footed Dunnart | Sminthopsis leucopus | Australia |
VU
|
White-striped Dorcopsis | Dorcopsis hageni | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. |
LC
|
White-tailed Dunnart | Sminthopsis granulipes | Australia |
LC
|
Wongai Ningaui | Ningaui ridei | Australia |
LC
|
Wood Sprite Gracile Opossum | Gracilinanus dryas | Colombia and Venezuela |
NT
|
Woodlark Cuscus | Phalanger lullulae | Papua New Guinea |
EN
|
Woodward’s Wallaroo | Macropus bernardus | Australia |
NT
|
Woolley’s False Antechinus | Pseudantechinus woolleyae | Australia |
LC
|
Woolly Mouse Opossum | Micoureus demerarae | Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. |
LC
|
Woylie | Bettongia penicillata | Australia |
CR
|
Yellow-bellied Glider | Petaurus australis | Australia |
LC
|
Yellow-footed Antechinus | Antechinus flaviceps | Australia |
LC
|
Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby | Petrogale xanthopus | Australia |
NT
|
Yellow-sided Opossum | Monodelphis dimidiata | Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay |
LC
|
As you must have noticed, several species in this list are enlisted as ‘Endangered’ or ‘Critically Endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). If we don’t come up with concrete measures to save them, they will soon feature in the list of extinct marsupials, which already has names like the Tasmanian tiger A.K.A. Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), crescent nail-tail wallaby (Onychogalea lunata), desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), desert bandicoot (Perameles eremiana), Toolache wallaby (Macropus greyi), red-bellied gracile opossum (Cryptonanus ignitus), pig-footed bandicoot (Chaeropus ecaudatus), and lesser bilby (Macrotis leucura) to its credit.