Category: Marsupials
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Memories of Animals at the Desert Park
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The Alice Springs Desert Park was one of those places where I could get close to some of the animals that live in Central Australia. Among some of the photographs I have snapped during my numerous visits to… Continue reading
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Love of marsupials…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ There is something about our marupials that we love… Marsupials are members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. One of the marsupials distinctive characteristics (and common to most of the species of marsupials), is that the young are carried in… Continue reading
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Noombat
Author Koh Lin â—¦ I was thrilled to observe the distinctive and cute numbat… The numbat, also known as the noombat (in the Noongar language) or walpurti (in the Pitjantjatjara language), is a small distinctively-striped, pouchless marsupial, between 35 to… Continue reading
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Keeping an eye on you…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ It is all in the eyes… and keeping an eye on you… in Alice Springs. Check out the following for more information on the listed fauna found in Alice Springs: DONATIONS We at Ausemade are passionate about the… Continue reading
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How much can a koala bear…
Author Andrew Turner â—¦ An iconic Australian animal, the koala bear is not actually a bear, belonging to the subclass classification group known as Marsupialia, aka Marsupial. Often depicted as cute and cuddly, they have sharp claws and should not… Continue reading
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Marsupial Mouse
Author Koh Lin â—¦ The “Marsupial Mouse” is a common name to describe a small Australian mouse-like animal, that belong to the Dashyurids (family Dasyuridae, order Marsupialia). As is sometimes the case with common names, the “Marsupial Mouse” is also… Continue reading
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Shades of a roo…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Sitting quitely, sitting still…I sometimes see a kangaroo. Maybe red, maybe brown…I’ve also seen it in grey and white. No matter the colour of the kangaroo…These marsupials come in shades of a roo. The word ‘kangaroo’… Continue reading
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Loving baby…
Author Koh Lin â—¦ There is something special seeing juvenile wildlife… We love our babies… Check out other blogs by Koh Lin. Continue reading
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Wildlife… a taste of Alice
Author Koh Lin â—¦ Who hasn’t heard about Alice Springs… it is a wild place… and home to more then just art and culture… it is home to many creatures big and small… Ok… we may not have the biggest… Continue reading
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Skippy, Kangaroos and Wallabies
Author Koh Lin â—¦ I have this memory as a teenager, when we first learnt that we were coming to Australia to live, of expecting to see a kangaroo hopping down the streets of Sydney… this was back in the… Continue reading