10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
The prehistoric extinctions most famously include the megafaunal assemblages of Europe, the Americas, Australia and Madagascar. It’s when we lost the mammoths, the sabre-tooth cats, the giant ground sloths, the elephant birds, the marsupial lions, and other iconic giants.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2012
This is another migrant from New Guinea, and one that can cause confusion as it is also a mimic and will imitate birds only found in New Guinea while visiting Australia. The Northern Brown Bandicoot ( Isoodon macrourus ) is a marsupial of the forest floor. Not sure how it learnt that one!
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