- Australian marsupial - Burrowing marsupial - Creature with a backward facing pouch - Large marsupial - Large, burrowing marsupial - Small marsupial - Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials
of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus).
They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots.
- Australian islander - Carnivorous marsupial of a part of Australia whose large head has powerful jaws - Marsupial, ... devil - Of or pertaining to Tasmania, or Van Diemen's Land. --
n. A native or inhabitant of Tasmania; specifically (Ethnol.), in the
plural, the race of men that formerly inhabited Tasmania, but is now
extinct.
- An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about
as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large
front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.
- Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The
vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown
male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail.