81. Marsupials Do It Their Way | Animals | Chaffee Zoological Gardens Of Fresno Therion is Greek for beast or wild animal and eu refers to best. Meta-(Gr) means near and intimates that marsupials are similar to but actually http://www.chaffeezoo.org/animals/marsupialsTheirWay.html

Marsupials Do It Their Way The Class Mammalia is extremely diverse. One of the most fascinating aspects separating the various groups of mammals is reproduction. The Prototherians are egg-layers, belying the traditional descriptive of mammals as all being live-bearing. Taxonomically, Prototheria is considered a Subclass. These are the monotremes, Order Monotremata. They have a cloaca and only one external opening, hence the name [ mono = one, treme = opening, -ata = having]. The extant representatives are the platypus and the three species of echidna, or spiny anteater Subclass Metatheria is made up of the Order Marsupialia , having a marsupium. Subclass Eutheria contains all of the placental mammals and represents the "typical" mammal, with which we most readily relate. We humans are, of course, placental mammals. Class Mammalia refers to the presence of mammae and even the egg-layers nurse their young, once they hatch. Therion is Greek for "beast" or "wild animal" and eu- refers to "best."

82. Title Zoo Wild Animal Medicine / Editor Murray E. Fowler of freeranging birds General infectious diseases Diseases of bird groups Veterinary dentistry in zoo and wild animals Monotremes and marsupials. http://www.iii.com:90/kids/10,33/search/dzoo animals/dzoo animals/1,9,35,B/bibfr

83. Augusta Georgia: Metro:Some Georgia Farms Walk On The Wild Side 03/18/02 Some Georgia farms walk on the wild side. of horses and a couple of miniature donkeys the family has a large collection of unusual mammals and marsupials. http://www.augustachronicle.com/stories/031802/met_114-5852.002.shtml

Home Subscribe Weather Metro ... SCI-TECH Some Georgia farms walk on the wild side Web posted Monday, March 18, 2002 Have a thought? Go to the Forums or Chat By Rhiannon Brewer Patrick Morris News Service DANIELSVILLE, Ga. - It's feeding time at Jere Hitchcock's ranch, and the livestock is eagerly parading to the spot where Mr. Hitchcock stands with a feed bucket. The animals look almost comical as they race to dinner, bobbing their long necks and waving their feathers. This isn't an ordinary ranch. Mr. Hitchcock and his wife, Chris, raise ostriches at JC Ostrich Ranch on Georgia Highway 174 north of Athens. "We're not doing it to make money," Mr. Hitchcock said. "We're doing it to provide a source of meat in this country that's pure. If we can get the industry started, that'll be something." Ostriches are native to Africa and are said to have an 80-million-year history. The huge birds can run 50 mph. The Hitchcocks got interested in ostriches by accident. Mr. Hitchcock's grandfather, Peter F. Bahnsen, was Georgia's first state veterinarian. There was an article about Dr. Bahnsen a few years ago in the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin

84. Grizzly Bear - Q&A - Keep The Wild Alive - National Wildlife Federation Almost like marsupials that finish developing in their mother's pouch, grizzlycubs suckle throughout late Are there any threats to grizzlies in the wild? http://www.nwf.org/keepthewildalive/grizzly/questions.cfm

Home Contact Us Search Conservation ... Get Outdoors Get Newsletter All States AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Your privacy Questions and Answers Inquisitive Elizabeth Asks About Grizzly Bears! This month, I got to chat with the National Wildlife Federation's (NWF's) resident grizzly bear expert, Dr. Sterling Miller. Stationed in NWF's Missoula, MT office, Dr. Miller is a wildlife biologist working to reintroduce grizzlies into the Selway-Bitterroot region of Montana and Idaho. The region was home to grizzlies 35 or 40 years ago, but the population was exterminated before grizzlies were listed under the Endangered Species Act. Today Selway-Bitterroot is the best place south of Canada for reestablishment of a new population of grizzlies, with habitat to support about 250 bears. But many people are concerned about the reintroduction effort - afraid grizzlies will be bad for business or bring too much government to the area. Of course, some people are afraid of the grizzlies themselves. Dr. Miller works to allay those fears, helping humans and bears live as peaceable neighbors. Thanks for taking the time to meet with me, Dr. Miller. I'd like to start with a pretty basic question. What makes a grizzly bear different from other bears?

85. Guardian Unlimited Travel | Activities | Wild Wild West wild wild west Western Australia boasts a stunning city and a third of a Seventy yearsago, these timid, fascinating, marsupials were abundant across Australia http://travel.guardian.co.uk/activities/wildlife/story/0,10234,510420,00.html

Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs Life MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Online Politics Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Travel Audio Email services Special reports The Guardian The weblog The informer The northerner The wrap Advertising guide Crossword Dating Headline service Syndication services Events / offers Help / contacts Information Newsroom Style guide Travel offers TV listings Weather Web guides Guardian Weekly Money Observer Home Countries Cities Activities ... Search Search In this section 30 Mar 2003 How I finally joined the gaucho club 22 Feb 2003 Shadowlands 16 Jan 2003 Off the back of a truck 4 Jan 2003 Wild things 28 Dec 2002 Tomorrow's world 19 Dec 2002 Where the wild things are 2 Nov 2002 Nature trails 19 Oct 2002 Fantasy islands 13 Oct 2002 Any plans for the weekend? 24 Aug 2002 Big cat's cradle 24 Aug 2002 That's the spirit 8 Jun 2002 The beautiful game 2 Jun 2002 Close encounters of the furred kind 15 May 2002 Rules of the game 14 Apr 2002 Safari vs Safari: Kenya Australia Wildlife Australia Wild wild west Western Australia boasts a stunning city and a third of a continent of awesome empty country. Mark Brown goes walkabout

86. Australian Marsupials, Monotremes, Mammals, Fauna - Aussie-Info.com WOMBAT. Wombats are marsupials, greyish, beaverlike in appearance, and theydo have tails. They live on wild fruits, berries and grass. KOOKABURRA. http://www.aussie-info.com/identity/fauna/

April 09, 2003 Home About Australia Tourist Info Explore Australia ... Advertising Bookings Fauna About Australia overview Introduction Bandicoot Dingo ... Cockatoo Australian Fauna Because Australia is an island, and has been for millions of years, its wildlife has been able to evolve independently. The animals of Australia are particularly interesting because many of them are distinctly primitive. There are groups of animals whose relatives have long since disappeared from other parts of the world. Many of the animals found in this country are unique. Australia is home to a variety of native mammals both on land and in the surrounding oceans. They consist of marsupials, monotremes and placental mammals. The largest number of the mammals, almost half, are the marsupials, which include the Kangaroo, Koala and Wombat. The word marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium , which means pouch. The pouch gives protection to the very young animal and contains the teats from which it feeds. Nourished on its mother's milk, it grows in the pouch to a well-developed stage before it leaves the pouch. The only other country where marsupials are still found is America, and only a few species remain. The next group of mammals are the monotremes, the only egg-laying mammals in the world. They have one opening which serves for reproduction and for the elimination of waste products. This group is represented by the Platypus and the Echidna.

87. E-mail From The Edge: Australia in lowlight conditions. marsupials in the Spotlight. The resultsof today's field work were a bit disappointing. Within the five http://www.sandiegozoo.org/wildideas/conservation/e_f_e_kathy0700-3.html

E-mail from the Edge: Australia Research team member Justin Maisonet went on a spotlighting excursion. The two white dots in this picture are the eyes of a possum. The way his eyes glow when light is shined on them is called "eye shine." This mirror-like adaptation allows some nocturnal animals to see better in low-light conditions. Marsupials in the Spotlight The results of today's field work were a bit disappointing. Within the five subsites at the Tully Falls study site we found no tree kangaroo droppings. Outside of the actual subsites, we did find some tree 'roo droppings, so that was a bright spot. It is not so much the disappointment of a failed best effort that we are concerned about. More importantly, if we find little evidence of tree kangaroos in areas that seem like appropriate habitat, it raises new questions about the distribution and habitat use of the 'roos. This particular site is within a state forest area, designed for the enjoyment of people and the preservation of wildlife habitat. We are going back to the same area tomorrow to run our transects (see yesterday's e-mail for an explanation of running transect lines) in an "interior" patch of rain forest. Today's site was on the edge, where the rain forest abuts an open field.

88. The Evolutionary Lessons Of Marsupials The evolutionary lessons of marsupials. As we follow the evolution of marsupials,we find their history to be further shaped by the drifting of the continents. http://animals.about.com/library/weekly/aa061901a.htm

zfp=-1 About Homework Help Animals/Wildlife Search in this topic on About on the Web in Products Web Hosting Animals/Wildlife with Laura Klappenbach Your Guide to one of hundreds of sites Home Articles Forums ... Help zmhp('style="color:#fff"') Subjects ESSENTIALS Learning center Conservation toolbox Wild about books ... All articles on this topic Stay up-to-date! Subscribe to our newsletter. Advertising Free Credit Report Free Psychics Advertisement The evolutionary lessons of marsupials A crash course in evolution Dateline: 19 June 2001 More about marsupials Browse these links to learn more about the convergent evolution and marsupials: Convergent evolution examples Three solutions to flight The making of the marsupials Another leap in the evolution debate ... Who was first, mammal or marsupial? Join the discussion "Can you think of any other examples of convergent evolution?" Hint: Read Three solutions to flight article to find out more about convergent evolution. Join the convergent evolution discussion Recommended reading Read more about marsupials and other mammals in Animal . Edited by D. Burnie and D.E. Wilson. Dorling Kindersely. 2001. I'd wager that a marsupial mammal, given a lecture hall and a podium, could teach a fantastic course in evolution. Over millions of years, these amazing creatures have seen it all: divergent evolution, parallel evolution, and convergent evolution.

89. NSW Biodiversity Strategy - Projects - Conservation Out Of The Wild This project aims to improve the breeding success and genetic management of smallpopulations of marsupials, through sophisticated scientific techniques. http://www.npws.nsw.gov.au/wildlife/biodiversity/strategy/knowledge2.html

Threatened species breeding programs This project aims to improve the breeding success and genetic management of small populations of marsupials, through sophisticated scientific techniques. It’s being run by the Animal Gene Storage and Resource Centre of Australia, a partnership of universities, conservation agencies and zoo authorities, including the Zoological Parks Board of NSW and the Monash University Institute of Reproduction and Development By examining the reproductive physiology of common species of marsupials and monotremes , the project hopes to find ways of improving reproduction for more endangered species and populations. Possible techniques include: assisted reproduction, involving such things as artificial and in vitro fertilisation, embryo transfer and cloning. storage of eggs, sperm, embryos and somatic cells for use in future conservation efforts. Main government agency in this project: Zoological Parks Board of NSW Home Previous Feedback Last updated: 21 August, 2001

90. The Thylacoleo Remembrance - About Australia And The Marsupials (page 2) Small, gliding marsupials called phalangers live in much the same way as do Australia'swild dog, the dingo (Canis familiaris dingo), came in with another wave http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacoleo/introducing/about_marsupials_2.htm

- ABOUT AUSTRALIA AND THE MARSUPIALS - (page 2) Unlike placentals, marsupials are born in a very undeveloped state, and in a great number of species they are then protected within an abdominal pouch where they are milk fed until much more mature. Two thirds of all the estimated 250 living marsupial species are found in Australia and its neighboring islands including New Guinea. Most of the remaining species live in South America. The only marsupial which currently occurs in North America is the common and widespread Virginia opossum ( Didelphis virginiana A circa 1928 photo of a thylacine from the Hobart Zoo. The third group of mammals are the monotremes. They feed their young milk as do other mammals, but they also posses a number of reptilian characters. They are the most primitive of all living mammals as they have similarities to reptiles in their skeletal structure, and most amazingly, they still lay eggs! The monotremes are represented today by only three genera: Zaglossus (the long nosed echidna)

91. Welcome To Natuurfoto.com, The Place For Pictures Of Wild Animals! Welcome to natuurfoto.com! This is the site where you can find beautiful picturesfrom many wild animals. All photos have been taken in the wild. http://www.natuurfoto.com/index_uk.htm

Still under construction! Welcome to natuurfoto.com! This is the site where you can find beautiful pictures from many wild animals. All photos have been taken in the wild. Here you get pictures from lemures from Madagascar, penguins from the Antarctics, polar bears from Canada, ostriches from many different countries kangaroos from Australia, elephants from Africa and snakes iguanas from various countries. But there is much more to follow. So come back regularly to natuurfoto.com! Click below on your favourite animal to go to the photos of your favourite animal. If you have any questions or remarks you can send an email to sven@natuurfoto.com.

92. Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) - Conservation And Management Of Marsupials the development of appropriate techniques for the management of captive and wildpopulations. New Zealand shares our interest in marsupials because Australian http://www.crc.gov.au/centres/environ/marsupials.htm

Sydney (NSW) Brisbane (QLD) Newcastle (NSW) Perth (WA) Christchurch (NZ) Core Participants University: Macquarie University; The University of Newcastle. State: Queensland Department of Primary Industries; Perth Zoo. Other: Manaski Whenua Landcare Research. Research Focus Areas of Research Expertise Marsupial reproduction and fertility manipulation, molecular genetics, conservation genetics, immunology, virology, vaccine development, biotechnology, control of large populations of problem marsupials, husbandry and breeding of small populations of endangered species. Centre Established: 1 July 1995 Round No: Grant Period: 8 years Incorporated: No Personnel involved in Centre Postgraduate students: 17 Full-time equivalent research staff: 28 Funding 2001/2002 dollars ($million) Average Funding per annum Total Funding over Grant period CRC Program Funding Total Resources for Centre Contact Details Chair: Dr Brian Booth Professor John Rodger Chief Executive Officer CRC for Conservation and Management of Marsupials PO Box 1927 MACQUARIE CENTRE NSW 2113 Tel: (02) 9850 9250 Fax: (02) 9850 9254 E-mail: jrodger@possum.bio.mq.edu.au

93. FREE Animal ECards Free animal and pet related greeting ecards. Cards are organized by animal type including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, insects, and fish. http://www.centralpets.com/cards/gbrowse.php?cat_id=23

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