Marsupials

Both kangaroos and opossums are marsupials.

Kangaroos, wallabies and koalas are marsupials.

Marsupials have pouches to carry their young in.

Young marsupials are called joeys.

Koalas are marsupials, meaning they carry their babies in an opening of skin on the mother’s stomach.

A new koala hospital will open in Port Stephens, north of Sydney. It will join an already existing hospital in the New South Wales town of Port Macquarie, which began treating injured marsupials in the 1970s.

The world’s largest cat-proof fence has been completed in central Australia. The mammoth project creates a 94-square-kilometer sanctuary for endangered marsupials.

The best known Austrian marsupials are kangaroos and koalas.

The best known Australian marsupials are kangaroos and koalas.

The furry marsupials live in trees.