Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Mammals
Australian Museum Online has a collection of mammals including bats, platypus, and marsupials. Take a peek. Read about the monkey-faced bat, the mountain brushtail possum, and the tree kangaroo.
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Koala
"Koalas are marsupials, related to kangaroos." Fun facts, video and audio clips make this a great National Geographic site for student research projects.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: The Geological Time Scale
What was Australia like during prehistoric times? Follow through history from 110 million years ago until the present and discover the different mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Animals
This online site for the Australian Museum introduces the nature and culture of this unique continent. This particular section focuses on the creatures of Australia including spiders, fish, birds, reptiles, mammals, insects, frogs,...
Other
Australian Rainforest Wildlife
This commercial site explores the types of animals you can find in the Australian rainforest. Detail information is available down to the species level.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Dugong
Unique Australian Animals introduces you to the dugong or sea cow, an mammal that is similar to the manatees found in Florida.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Leadbeater's Possum
Unique Australian Animals profiles the marsupial mammal Leadbeater's possum with photos and text.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian devil is a real Australian marsupial mammal and nothing like the cartoon character as you will find out in this illustrated article.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Tasmanian Pademelon
The Tasmanian Pademelon, one of Australia's marsupial mammals, is described and illustrated.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Platypus
The duck-billed platypus of eastern Australia is one of two mammals that bear their young in eggs. This illustrated article features many facts and photographs about this intriguing animal.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: The Southern Right Whale
Dive into the world of the Southern Right Whale. Visit this webpage to learn more about this Australian whale.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Koala (Phascolarctos Cinereus)
Explore the world of the Koala and gain a greater understanding of this Australian mammal through statistics and information on its appearance, habitat, behaviour, breeding, diet, and more.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Sugar Glider
Sugar Glider, scientifically called Petaurus breviceps, is a small arboreal gliding possum, and a type of marsupial mammal.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Red Kangaroo
This article, illustrated with many photographs, profiles the red kangarook, Australia's largest kangaroo from nearly 60 species.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wallaroo (Euro)
Read this description of a Wallaroo to find out why this animal is not a wallaby or a kangaroo.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Spotted Tailed Quoll
The world's second largest carnivorous marsupial, the spotted tailed quoll, is no bigger than a domestic cat and found only in Australia.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wombat
Visit this webpage to learn more about the wombat.
BBC
Bbc: Nature Wildfacts: Eastern Grey Kangaroo
BBC Wildfacts profiles the eastern kangaroo of Australia with photographs and a fact sheet.
Curated OER
Rainforest Mammals
This commercial site explores the types of animals you can find in the Australian rainforest. Detail information is available down to the species level.
The BIG zoo
The Big Zoo: Duck Billed Platypus
Here you can find a general overview of the duck-billed platypus. Content explores what this animal eats, where it lives, how its social life is structured, how it raises its young, and more.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Tasmanian Devil
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about Tasmanian devils with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.