Redlands Wildlife - Wildlife - Mammals & Marsupials

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MAMMALS & MARSUPIALS ...

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Click the mammals & marsupials below to view information and photos for that particular animal.

- Black Flying Fox

- Brushtail Possum

- Greater Glider

- Grey Headed Flying Fox

- Grey Kangaroo

- Koala

- Mountain Possum

- Planigale

- Red Necked Wallaby

- Ringtail Possum

- Swamp Wallaby

Mammals are characterised as having:
- Warm blood
- Spine or backbone
- Sweat glands
- Feed young on milk

Mammals include:
- Flying fox
- Dugong
- Dogs
- Cats
- Humans

Marsupials have mammalian traits, plus:
- Rear their young in a pouch
- Young are born at a very early and underdeveloped stage.

Marsupials include:
- Koalas
- Kangaroos and Wallabies
- Possums