Species in the order Diprotodontia Results 1 - 20
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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