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List of adaptive radiated marsupials by form

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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'.

The new world has the common opossum, also a unique form.

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
	Western Australia
(2 subspecies)

Cat-like

1 genus–(6 species)

Cat-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
	Australia, New Guinea

Groundhog-like

6 genera 2 surviving genera

Groundhog-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images

Mole-like

1 genus–(2 species)

Mole-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images

Rhinoceros-like

1 genus

Rhinoceros-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
	Extinct

Panther-like

6 genera

Panther-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
	Extinct

Flying Squirrel-like

1 genus–(6 species)

Flying Squirrel-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images

Canine-like

1 genus–(1 species)

canine-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
	Extinct

Hyena-like

1 genus–(1 species)

Hyena-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images
	Extirpated
from mainland
(Tasmania only)

Deer-like

- Family Macropodidae

Unique: opossum-like

? species

Unique—Opossum-like marsupials	Taxa	Presence	Notes	Images

References

Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg, O'Brien, Susman, & Boggs. Life on Earth, Edward O. Wilson, Thomas Eisner, Winslow R. Briggs, Richard E. Dickerson, Robert L. Metzenberg, Richard D. O'Brien, Millard Susman, William E. Boggs, c 1973, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publisher, Stamford, Connecticut. 1033 pp, 19 p Index & Back Page (hardcover, )

References

Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg, O'Brien, Susman, & Boggs. ''Life on Earth'', Chapter: '''Biogeography''', Graphic: '''Adaptive Radiation of Marsupials''', p. 854-855.
Wilson, Eisner, Briggs, Dickerson, Metzenberg, O'Brien, Susman, & Boggs. ''Life on Earth'', Chapter: '''Biogeography''', Graphic: '''Adaptive Radiation of Marsupials''', p. 854-855.

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