»Australian Animals«

The bandicoot has 2 features which place it apart from other Marsupials (mammals that carry their young in pouches)
1) Having many incisor teeth, as do all insect and flesh eating marsupials
2) Their second and third toes are grown together (like the kangaroo)

Bandicoots hop around like Kangaroos on their larger hind legs though they are much smaller ranging from 6 inches to 22 inches in length
Depending on the species their fur can be orange, greyish, or brown or striped.
You normally only see Bandicoots at night as they are a nocturnal creature and spend the daylight hours hiding in crevices, logs or tunnels

The Tasmanian Devil is the largest carnivorous (eats meat) marsupial (a mammal that has its babies in a pouch) in Australia. Tasmanian Devils are a nocturnal (active at night) animal. lives alone and prefers its own company hence it is a relatively shy animal

The Tasmanian Devil is usually black with a white "collar" or patch around its neck. It is the size of a small terrier dog very solid and "stout" and weighs in between 6 and 8 kgs It has a tail of between 9 to 12" long. Tasmanian Devils have an extremely
large powerful head with a wide jaw with sharp teeth pointy pink ears (that turn red when angry due to increased blood flow) and piercing dark eyes
Its dark colouring helps it to move around unseen at night time (feeding time)

Tasmanian Devils by nature are not aggressive until it comes to food. Then they are protective of its find and / or kill even to the extent of killing another Devil that wanted its catch. These fights result in many a Tasmanian Devil having bald patches of missing fur and appearing battle-scarred.

Red-Tailed Phascogale

Also sometimes called the Brush-tailed Marsupial Mouse or the Red-tailed Wambenger, Its scientific Name is Phascogale calura The red-tailed phascogale lives in trees (arboreal) and moves around mainly at night (nocturnal) Though it is a great leaper and climber in trees, it forages for food mainly on the ground

They are a lightweight marsupial (35 to 70 grams) and in length are around 100mm (body +head) with a tail around 140mm long The red-tailed phascogale have ashy grey fur, with a cream to white underbelly Their name obviously comes from the red coloured upper half off their tail whilst the lower half has some black hairs but not as bushy as the Brush tailed phascogale

Brush-tailed Phascogale

In Victoria they are knows as Tuan while in Western Australia they are also called Common Wambengers The Brush-tailed Phascogale scientific name is Phascogale tapoataf a "nocturnal, arboreal, carnivorous marsupial of the Family Dasyuridae" Like the red-tailed phascogale the Brush-tailed Phascogale is very agile in trees though its brush-tipped tail is not used for clinging to branches (prehensile) They are a very solitary living animal

Their fur is a bluish deep grey with pale cream underneath and large ears with no fur on them. They are bigger than the red-tailed phascogale sometimes being over 400mm total length (Head, body & tail) and weigh around 230 grams for males and 150 grams for females