Extractions: THE MARSUPIAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA INCORPORATED RULES 1. OFFICIAL NAME The Marsupial Society of Australia Incorporated Adelaide in the State of South Australia 2. OBJECTS The objects of the Society are : (a) the study of marsupials; (b) the conservation of marsupials in the wild and the establishment of viable breeding populations in captivity; (c) the promotion of the hygienic keeping, scientific management and breeding of marsupials in captivity; (d) the dissemination of information on marsupial keeping and hand rearing; (e) the provision of education regarding marsupial conservation and management.
Hand-rearing Marsupials With unfurred marsupials, it is wise to rub the skin with baby oil to reduce Release Never release a hand reared animal into its wild without first http://members.iweb.net.au/~msa/hand-rearing_marsupials.htm
Australia - In The Wild Spotlight - Bagheera Australia is best known for its marsupials, from the large grazing kangaroos to The only marsupials surviving outside of Australia are the opossums and http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/spot_spaustrl.htm
Extractions: Back to Spotlight endemic plants and animals, found nowhere else on Earth. Reports from early European explorers, who traveled to Australia, unsettled the people back home. They told stories of animals as fast and as big as greyhounds that could leap like grasshoppers (kangaroos), gigantic birds that could not fly (emus), and foxes that could (fruit bats)! Imagine their reaction to the platypus, an animal with the bill of a duck, the body and tail of a beaver, and the webbed feet of an otter. Most marsupials have a pouch, or at least a flap of skin, to protect their developing young. The only marsupials surviving outside of Australia are the opossums and opossum-rats of South, Central, and North America. In addition, introduced species International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) approximately 120 mammal species, 100 birds, 150 reptiles, 40 amphibians, 80 fish, 400 invertebrates and over 3,000 plants are threatened or endangered. Craig Kasnoff Westside Creative
Glossary - Classroom In The Wild - Bagheera Exploitation The killing, capturing or collecting of wild organisms for human Australia is known for its wide variety of marsupials, such as kangaroos, http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/class_glossary.htm
The Thylacine Museum - About Australia And The Marsupials (page 2) Unlike placentals, marsupials are born in a very undeveloped state, and in a great number of Australia s wild dog, the dingo (Canis familiaris dingo), http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/introducing/about_marsupials_2.htm
Extractions: Unlike placentals, marsupials are born in a very undeveloped state, and in a great number of species they are then protected within an abdominal pouch where they are milk fed until much more mature. Two thirds of all the estimated 250 living marsupial species are found in Australia and its neighboring islands including New Guinea. Most of the remaining species live in South America. The only marsupial which currently occurs in North America is the common and widespread Virginia opossum ( Didelphis virginiana A circa 1928 photo of a thylacine from the Hobart Zoo. The third group of mammals are the monotremes. They feed their young milk as do other mammals, but they also posses a number of reptilian characters. They are the most primitive of all living mammals as they have similarities to reptiles in their skeletal structure, and most amazingly, they still lay eggs! The monotremes are represented today by only three genera: Zaglossus (the long nosed echidna)
Short Tailed Opossums As Pets They are marsupials, although they do not have a pouch like most marsupials. In the wild they will eat insects, spiders, and rodents. http://exoticpets.about.com/cs/opossums/a/shorttailopp.htm
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Hobart & William Smith Queensland Term: UQ Vet Farm Biology textbooks often portray marsupials as being primitive animals. The eutherians are the familiar domesticated and wild mammals of the northern http://people.hws.edu/mitchell/oz/VetFarm96.html
Extractions: Background Information Notes on Australian Native Mammals: Based on lectures by Dr. Frank Carrick, Department of Zoology, The University of Queensland Photos of a few of the common mammals seen in an around Brisbane Links to Related Sites Midway through the program, Dr. Frank Carrick of the Department of Zoology at UQ gave a couple of lectures on Australian native mammals. They included a discussion of the ancient mammal fauna, the current mammal fauna, and an in depth examination of marsupial biology, with a special emphasis on the reproductive adaptions of these animals. Biology textbooks often portray marsupials as being primitive animals. For example, Miller and Harley in Zoology: The Animal Kingdom characterize metatherians (marsupials) as having a "primitive placenta" while eutherians have "complex placentas. Dr. Carrick indicated why this view is quite untrue. For example, kangaroos are very recently evolved fairly recently and have the most sophisticated lactational physiology and temperature regulation known for any mammal. Dr. Carrick's final lecture was given at the University of Queensland Vet Farm in Pinjarra Hills, about a 25 minute ride from the main campus at St. Lucia. After the lecture, we were able to have a first hand look at the Koala Study program run at the Vet Farm by Dr. Carrick. Among other things, the program cares for koalas that have suffered injuries (usually from encounters with cars or dogs) or that are ill with some other disease.
2001 Queensland Term Postcards The eutherians are the familiar domesticated and wild mammals of the marsupials Although biology textbooks often talk about marsupials as being http://people.hws.edu/mitchell/cards01/VetFarm.html
Extractions: 2001 QUEENSLAND TERM POSTCARDS UQ VET FARM: SEPTEMBER 20 INDEX PREV NEXT Midway through the program, Dr. Frank Carrick of the Department of Zoology at UQ provided a lecturs on Australian on marsupial biology with a special emphasis on koalas and the reproductive adaptions of these animals. Dr. Carrick's lecture was given at the University of Queensland Vet Farm in Pinjarra Hills, about a 15 minute ride from the main campus at St. Lucia. After the lecture, we were able to have a first hand look at the Koala Study program run at the Vet Farm by Dr. Carrick. Among other things, the program cares for koalas that have suffered injuries (usually from encounters with cars or dogs) or that are ill with some other disease. "Bertie" and Dr. Carrick. Based on notes by Dr. Frank Carrick, and Louise Kuchel, Department of Zoology, The University of Queensland for the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Queensland Term
Marsupials At Grenadines.net marsupials Information on grenadines.net. Comprehensive and intensive management of both captive and wild stocks will be required if longterm http://www.grenadines.net/carriacou/marsupialhomepage.htm
Extractions: This page is under construction. You are visitor number 11050 Guestbook Request Info Order Something Visit our BBS Marsupials on Carriacou We love manicou.....to study them soaking up the breathtaking view, savoring gourmet meals or simply imbibing unbeatable pina coladas, try to subdue them.... to watch them soaking up the breathtaking view, savoring gourmet meals or simply imbibing unbeatable pina coladas, try to subdue them.... to share their habitat soaking up the breathtaking view, savoring gourmet meals or simply imbibing unbeatable pina coladas, try to subdue them.... to eat them soaking up the breathtaking view, savoring gourmet meals or simply imbibing unbeatable pina coladas, try to subdue them.... Marsupials are animals that give live birth to their young after a brief gestation and that young spends the next part of babyhood in the mom's pouch. (A few marsupials, however, do not have a pouch.) Most marsupial babies permanently attach to a nipple until they develop to a more mature stage. At that time they detach and nurse at will. Marsupials normally have a lower body temperature and metabolic rate and slightly different digestive system than placental mammals. Their metabolic rate is normally 2/3 the rate of a placental mammal of the same size. When the babies are born after a brief gestation, they are not able to regulate their own body temperature and depend on the warmth from the mother's pouch. If they are detached from the nipple and removed from the pouch before they can regulate their own temperature, they will perish. Normally this regulation begins about 1/2 way through their life in the pouch.
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Entrez PubMed Ectoparasites collected from wild mammals of Ilha Grande, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are liste http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=3
Episode 1: Wild Down Under - Wild Australasia wild Australasia, a 6 x 50 minute natural history series, is a dramatic exploration of Most obvious of Australia s unique animals are the marsupials, http://www.abc.net.au/nature/australasia/ep1.htm
Extractions: ABC Home Radio Television News ... Home Ep. 1 Wild Down Under Ep. 2 Desert Heart Ep. 3 Southern Seas Ep. 4 Gum Tree Country Ep. 5 Island Arks Ep. 6 New Worlds Wild Facts Related Links ABC Nature Sites Animal Attraction Australia: Eye of the Storm Backyard Birdwatch Catalyst Creature Features Croc Country Earthbeat Galapagos Island Life The Lab Love that Planet The Navigators Planet Slayer Our Animals Richard Morecroft Goes Wild The Science Show Scribbly Gum Storm Chasers Walking with Beasts Walking with Dinosaurs Wild Australasia When Australia first broke away from the rest of the world 45 million year ago it was a very different kind of place - lush, green and forested. And you can still experience something of that time by stepping into an Australian rainforest today. These are the oldest rainforests on earth, over 100 million years old, and those in Queensland and Tasmania look much as they would have done in the age of the dinosaurs.
Earthbeat - 12/12/98: Reintroducing Native Marsupials A look at the Return to Dryandra Project which aims to reintroduce some of western Australia s rare marsupials back into the wild Included are the boodie http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s18142.htm
Extractions: A look at the Return to Dryandra Project, which aims to reintroduce some of western Australia's rare marsupials back into the wild. Included are the boodie, the mala, the banded hair wallaby and the western barred bandicoot, all of which have declinded in recent decades due to lose of native habitat and pressure from feral pests such as foxes and cats. In this report we go out at night and trap the marsupials, to check their condition and numbers. An ambitious project to return endangered species to their former habitats has received a good report card for its first nine months of operation. The Return to Dryandra Project is an initiative of CALM, the WA Department of Conservation and Land Management. In autumn this year four groups of endangered mammals were released into their new home into the Dryandra State Forest, 150 kms south west of Perth. The animals are housed in a 20 hectare enclosure surrounded by a 2metre high electrified fence. This is the first time a mammal breeding program has been attempted on this scale. Whereas Dr John Wamsley builds fences to keep feral animals out, the Dryandra fence is there to keep breeding animals in. And eventually, they'll all be released back into the wild. The boodie, the mala, the banded hair wallaby and the western barred bandicoot were brought as far as the Tanami Desert in the NT and islands off the coast of WA. The boodie and the mala are cute furry wallabies that grow to about 20 centimetres. The mala has long ears like the European hare and the boodie has strong barwing claws. It also makes a funny farting sound as it hops along which adds to its appeal. I visited Dryandra during the first trapping program following the animals release into the enclosure. On a chilly winter's night we left the warm fire in our cottage to find out how the mala were adjusting to their new home.
MCRC - Fertility Control Of Problem Populations However, reducing the fertility of problem populations of wild animals, including marsupials, presents several challenges. The contraceptive effect must be http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/biology/marsupialcrc/fertility.html
Extractions: Despite their fundamental importance to the Australian environment and their intrinsic value to the nation, marsupials can be a problem. Possums and wallabies damage forestry plantations and kangaroos damage farm infrastructure. But most commonly, problems arise from marsupial overabundance brought about by human intervention. Since European settlement, the population-curbing effects of drought in arid and semi-arid areas have been reduced because of permanent stock water; dingoes a natural predator of kangaroos and wallabies have been hunted to protect stock; and some species of marsupial have been introduced into habitats where lack of disease and other competitive pressures have allowed them to flourish. These radical changes have resulted in various manifestations of marsupial overabundance. In the rangelands, red and western and eastern grey kangaroos at times vie with farmed and feral animals for the same vegetation, to the cost of native animals and the environment. In the Australian Capital Territory, grey kangaroos unharrassed by predators or professional shooters have reached densities of up to 370 per km and their management poses major problems for the Territory's wildlife officers. A similar situation has occurred on Kangaroo Island, off South Australia, where introduced koalas are destroying their habitat but the pressure of public opinion has made culling them political unacceptable. And across the Tasman, New Zealand spends about NZ$50 million a year controlling the nation's number one pest, the introduced Australian brushtail possum.
Marsupial Printouts - EnchantedLearning.com marsupials (Megatheria) are pouched mammals whose babies are born in a very undeveloped state; the young then You can use an asterisk * as a wildcard. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/marsupial.shtml
Extractions: The biggest marsupial is the human-sized red kangaroo ( Macropus rufus ); the smallest marsupial, the pilbara ( Ningaui timealeyi ), would fit in a person's hand. Some commonly-known marsupials include the kangaroo, opossum, Tasmanian devil, and koala. The only marsupial in North America is the Virginia opossum.
MSN Encarta - Australia The bestknown marsupials of Australia are the kangaroos, which include The koala, also a tree-dwelling marsupial, is found in the wild only in the http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761568792_3/Australia.html
Extractions: Search for books and more related to Australia Facts and Figures Quick information and statistics for Australia Encarta Search Search Encarta about Australia Editors' Picks Great books about your topic, Australia ... Click here Advertisement document.write(' Page 3 of 15 Encyclopedia Article Multimedia 43 items Dynamic Map Map of Australia Article Outline Introduction Land and Resources Population Economy ... History F A large proportion of Australiaâs native animal species exist nowhere else in the world. Of Australiaâs animal species, it is estimated that 84 percent of mammals, 89 percent of reptiles, 93 percent of frogs, and 45 percent of birds are endemic. Some archaic species, such as the Queensland lungfish, have changed little since Paleozoic or Mesozoic times. Scientists estimate that 19 land mammals and 20 birds have become extinct (that is, not sighted in the wild for at least 50 years) since European settlement. The World Conservation Monitoring Centre classifies 63 mammals, 60 birds, 38 reptiles, and 47 amphibians as threatened. One striking aspect of the native mammal life in Australia is the absence of representatives of most of the orders found on other continents. In contrast to other continents, Australia has a preponderance of marsupials (mammals that raise their young in a
Does Extinction Loom For Australia's Wild Dingoes? The invasive species kill birds, small marsupials, amphibians, lizards, and snakes. Healthy populations of pure wild dingoes, he said, would keep the cats http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1210_041210_australia_dingoes.ht
Extractions: December 10, 2004 Wild populations of Australian dingoes may go extinct within 50 years unless steps are taken to prevent crossbreeding with domestic dogs, scientists and conservationists say. Alan Wilton, a senior lecturer in genetics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, said pure dingoes are in decline mainly because they breed freely with feral European domestic dogs, creating fertile crossbreeds. "The process is continual and insidious," Wilton said. "It is like dropping some ink into a bucket of clean water: It will spread until all you have is murky water." Wilton and his colleagues recently analyzed the DNA of hundreds of wild dingoes across Australia and found that nearly 80 percent of them are crossbreeds. Wild pure dingoes may be extinct in 50 years, the geneticist said. The exception? Isolated populations such as that found on Fraser Island, off the east coast of Australia. Barry Oakman, president of the Australian Dingo Conservation Association, near Canberra, keeps wild dingoes in captivity to ensure the breed's survival. He said dingoes are treated as an agricultural pest and persecuted by the livestock industry, which threatens the species. (See sidebar.)
Wild Species 2000-Mammals mammals is somewhat of a misnomer because marsupials also have placentae. The difference being that the placenta of marsupials is very shortlived and http://www.wildspecies.ca/wildspecies2000/en/SP07DE.html
Extractions: Quick Summary Dataset Detailed Summary Terrestrial Mammals ... Marine Mammals mam / mal: any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair and include humans A diverse group of vertebrates that have radiated widely, the mammals of Canada have adapted to nearly every conceivable ecological niche upon the land. Others have re-adapted successfully to an aquatic mode of life, and some have evolved true flight. A small sampling of this variety include; bands of pronghorn jetting across a sea of brushland prairie, pika harvesting sedges on glacier-isolated nunataks, star-nosed moles tunneling through the rich soils of a maple-beech forest, woodchuck clans grazing on a grassy highway interchange, a maternal colony of little brown bats sheltered deep in a cave on the Canadian Shield, and the serpentine grace of a muskrat swimming through a cattail marsh. In total, two-hundred and fourteen species (covering 10 orders) are found in Canada - about 75% of which are associated with terrestrial, 5% with freshwater, and 20% with marine habitats. Just over a third (37%) of our terrestrial mammals are rodents (e.g., mice, voles, squirrels). Rodents and bats combined make a large contribution to the higher species richness found in northwestern North America and are the main reason that mammal diversity is considerably higher in the western parts of Canada than in the east. Alberta (90 species) and British Columbia (101 species) support over 50% of all species found in the country. In particular, BC is notable for having the highest number of mammal species found nowhere else in Canada (29), twenty-six more than Ontario, the next highest Province.
