Species in the order Diprotodontia Results 1 - 20
Thumbnail for Macropus rufus
Red kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
An iconic symbol of the Australian outback, the red kangaroo is the largest living marsupial, and one of the most abundant and str...  More  27 Images  8 Videos
Thumbnail for Potorous tridactylus
Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
In the words of Charles Darwin, who dragged a fleeing specimen from its refuge, the long-nosed potoroo “is an animal, as big as a ...  More  7 Images  2 Videos
Thumbnail for Lagostrophus fasciatus
Banded hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus)
The banded hare-wallaby is the only survivor of a group of at least 20 ‘short faced kangaroos’ (subfamily Sthenurinae) that once e...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Setonix brachyurus
Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
The quokka is a small marsupial similar in appearance to a wallaby or kangaroo, with distinctive short brown coarse hair and light...  More  11 Images  5 Videos
Thumbnail for Ailurops ursinus
Bear cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)
Information on the bear cuscus is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  10 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Petrogale xanthopus
Yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)
Information on the yellow-footed rock wallaby is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  14 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Lagorchestes leporides
Eastern hare wallaby (Lagorchestes leporides)
Information on the eastern hare wallaby is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Macropus giganteus
Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
One of the largest kangaroo species, the eastern grey kangaroo has soft, thick, grey-brown fur, paler on the underparts, with a fi...  More  57 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Dendrolagus ursinus
Black tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus)
Information on the black tree kangaroo is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Dactylopsila tatei
Tate’s triok (Dactylopsila tatei)
Information on Tate’s triok is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Phascolarctos cinereus
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
Koalas are bear-like in appearance, with a stout body and large paws, but are in fact marsupials, not bears. Their fur is predomin...  More  30 Images  15 Videos
Thumbnail for Pseudocheirus occidentalis
Western ringtail (Pseudocheirus occidentalis)
Information on the western ringtail is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Bettongia tropica
Northern bettong (Bettongia tropica)
Information on the northern bettong is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Dendrolagus dorianus
Doria’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus dorianus)
Doria’s tree kangaroo, the heaviest tree-dwelling marsupial in the world, is, despite appearances, closely related to the well-kno...  More  10 Images  1 Video
Thumbnail for Dendrolagus mbaiso
Dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso)
Discovered as recently as 1994, the dingiso is a tree kangaroo, a group of animals that, like their well-known relatives in Austra...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Lasiorhinus krefftii
Northern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)
The northern hairy-nosed wombat is one of the world’s rarest mammals, and is the largest known herbivorous burrowing mammal. Like...  More  18 Images  2 Videos
Thumbnail for Dendrolagus matschiei
Huon tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
This unusual-looking marsupial of New Guinea is characterised by a number of adaptations specific to its arboreal lifestyle. The s...  More  10 Images  1 Video
Thumbnail for Lagorchestes hirsutus
Rufous hare wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus)
The rufous hare wallaby's genus name, Lagorchestes, means ‘dancing hare’ and to some extent these wallabies do resemble hares in t...  More  8 Images  2 Videos
Thumbnail for Macropus parma
Parma wallaby (Macropus parma)
Information on the parma wallaby is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
Thumbnail for Macropus fuliginosus
Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
One of the largest and most abundant of all kangaroos, the western grey kangaroo has light grey-brown to dark chocolate-brown fur,...  More  34 Images  1 Video
 1   2   Next >

Back to Mountain pygmy possum
Search ARKive
ARKive home page