- 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.
- A small carnivorous marsupial (Phascogale penicillata)
having long, soft fur, and a very long tail with a tuft of long hairs
at the end; -- called also brush-tailed phascogale.
- A small nocturnal and arboreal Australian marsupial (Tarsipes
rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long
tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Called
also noolbenger.