Chandni Dabral
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Posted 5 year ago
Why are marsupials found in Australia only?
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Shweta Jain
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Posted 5 year ago Shweta Jain Teacher

Because Australia has been isolated from other continents for millions of years, mammal marsupials (whose origin was actually in South America) developed there when they became extinct on other continents due to the competition with non-marsupial mammals.

Nikku Yadav
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Posted 5 year ago Nikku Yadav

Most people think of Australia when they think of marsupials, because the most well known of the marsupials koalas and kangaroos live there. But opossum species, which are also marsupials, live in North, Central, and South America. Bandicoots, kangaroos, wallabies, and possums have two toes fused together.