Author Nic Bishop has written a great book that tells you everything you could ever want to know about mammals that are categorized as Marsupials (oh, that’s the name of the book, too). Here’s some of the info you’ll find among the pages …
What Makes A Marsupial?
Many marsupials live in Australia (over 220 different types), but there are 90 species in Central and South America and one lives in the U.S. Among species or marsupials are: kangaroos, koalas, wombats, bettongs, bilbies, potoroos, pademelons, dibblers and dunnarts! Bet you’ve never heard of those creatures in your life!
Every marsupial mother raises her babies inside a furry pouch or pocket on her belly called a marsupium. The other thing that makes marsupials different from other mammals is the fact that they give birth to babies so small, they look like pink jellybeans with two little legs. Some marsupial babies are even tinier than a grain of rice!
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