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Is a giraffe a marsupial? No. Mammals are divided into three infraclasses: monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals. A giraffe is a placental mammal. This means that the baby is born live, and that it is born developed enough that it will not have to immediately crawl onto the mother's nipple and attach itself. In fact, baby giraffes can walk seconds after being born.
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- A giraffe is an herbivore-albeit I've heard of them eating meat on occasion-it's rare that they do, and not their normal diet. RealFriends · 9 years ago. Thumbs up.
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What makes a marsupial a marsupial and not a mammal? Although a mammal with a pouch is always a marsupial (with the exception of the echidna, which develops a rudimentary pouch during breeding season), not all marsupials have pouches, for example, the numbat of Western Australia. All marsupials are mammals, but not all mammals are marsupials.oving purely … by instinct, the baby joey (the term for all marsupial young) makes its way to the mother's pouch, where the young joey latches onto a teat, remaining there to continue its growth and development.
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Kangaroos and wallabies Kangaroos and wallabies are marsupials that belong to a small group of animals called macropods. They are only found naturally in Australia and Papua New Guinea.Most macropods have hind legs larger than their forelimbs, large hind feet, and long muscular tails which they use for balance.angaroos and wallabies are marsupials that belong to a small group of animals called macropods. They are only found naturally in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
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Giraffe The giraffe is related to deer and cattle, however, it is placed in a separate family, the Giraffidae, consisting only of the giraffe and its closest relative, the okapi. The giraffes range extends from Chad to South Africa. Although the Okapi is much shorter than the giraffe, it also has a long neck and eats leaves and both animals have long tongues and skin-covered horns.
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Giraffe The giraffe (Giraffa) is a genus of African even-toed ungulate mammals, the tallest living terrestrial animals and the largest ruminants. The genus consists of eleven or more species including Giraffa camelopardalis, the type species.
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- Giraffes are the world's tallest mammals, thanks to their towering legs and long necks. A giraffe's legs alone are taller than many humans—about 6 feet (1.8 meters).
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Giraffidae - giraffe, okapi Giraffidae - giraffe, okapi Giraffes and okapis are both found in Sub-Saharan Africa in wooded savannas and open woodlands. The giraffe is the tallest land mammal. Male giraffes can be 16-18 feet tall and weigh up to 2,000 pounds. Females are usually a few feet shorter than the male. - Wildlife Journal Junior
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Koala Well, like bears, koalas are mammals, and they have round, fuzzy ears and look cute and cuddly, like a teddy bear. But koalas are not bears. They are members of a group of pouched animals called marsupials.Marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, wombats, possums, and opossums.ell, like bears, koalas are mammals, and they have round, fuzzy ears and look cute and cuddly, like a teddy bear. But koalas are not bears. They are members of a group of pouched animals called marsupials.
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Marsupial Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to these species is that most of the young are carried in a pouch. Well-known marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, possums, opossums, wombats, and Tasmanian devils. Some lesser-known marsupials are the potoroo and the quokka. Marsupials represent the clade originating from the last common ancestor of extant metather
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- Marsupials and placental mammals give birth to live young as opposed to laying eggs, which is how monotremes (also mammals) reproduce. Marsupials, like all mammals, are also … warm-blooded vertebrates which breathe through lungs. They have a covering of fur or hair over their skin. They have a four-chambered heart.
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- ‘Placental and marsupial mammals are more closely related to one another than to the third living group of mammals, the monotremes.’ ‘Once the female hip-pocket frog, an Australian species also known as the marsupial frog, lays up to 20 white eggs, her work is done.’
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- Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals living primarily in Australasia and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic, common to most species, is that the young are carried in a pouch. Well-known marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, the koala, possums, opossums, wombats and the Tasmanian devil.Other marsupials include the numbat, bandicoots, bettongs, the bilby, quolls, and the quokka.Marsupials represent the clade originating with the last common ancestor of extant metatherians.ell-known marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, the koala, possums, opossums, wombats and the Tasmanian devil. Other marsupials include the numbat, bandicoots, bettongs, the bilby, quolls, and the quokka.
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- 1 Kangaroos are mammals, and they are also marsupials. 2  A marsupial is an animal that carries their young around in a pouch. 3  The red kangaroo is the largest marsupial in the world. 4  They can reach a weight of 200 pounds (90 kg). 5  Kangaroos belong to the Macropodidae family. The number of kangaroos is increasing in Australia. 2  Kangaroos are mammals, and they are also marsupials. 3  A marsupial is an animal that carries their young around in a pouch. 4  The red kangaroo is the largest marsupial in the world. 5  They can reach a weight of 200 pounds (90 kg). 6  Kangaroos belong to the Macropodidae family.
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Marsupials Marsupials are mammals that commonly bear a pouch such as Kangaroos and Koala Bears. Two thirds of marsupial species are found in Australia.arsupials are mammals that commonly bear a pouch such as Kangaroos and Koala Bears. Two thirds of marsupial species are found in Australia.
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Giraffes & Their Young Giraffes & Their Young. Babies will stay close to Mom for protection. NA/AbleStock.com/Getty Images. Giraffes are the giants of the animal world, reaching heights of up to 20 feet. The neck alone can be as long as 6 feet. Giraffes are native to Africa, living especially in the savanna areas. Because young giraffes have lots of predators, including the big African cats, they require their mom's protection until they become old enough to protect themselves.
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Koala Well, like bears, koalas are mammals, and they have round, fuzzy ears and look cute and cuddly, like a teddy bear. But koalas are not bears. They are members of a group of pouched animals called marsupials.Marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos, wombats, possums, and opossums.Koalas look soft, but their fur feels like the coarse wool of a sheep. They also seem cuddly, but koalas are wild animals and don't make good pets.emale marsupials have a pouch in which they carry their baby, called a joey. Many marsupials, like kangaroos, have a pouch that opens upward, toward their head. But koalas have a pouch that opens toward their hind legs.
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Where Do Giraffes Live? A: Giraffes are herbivorous animals found in the plains of Africa. The great Savannah plains of Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe are home to these animals. Giraffes forage for food in the dry African brush and also eat leaves found on the tall acacia trees found commonly in Africa.
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More Animals & Plants from San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park Well, marsupials are the kinds of animals that can do this. They are known as pouched mammals, because the adult females have a marsupium, or pouch. It is usually on the outside of the body where the young (called joeys) grow up.The pouch acts as a warm, safe place where the joeys grow.hese are called placental mammals. Marsupials give live birth, too, but the embryo climbs from the birth canal to the pouch. Once there, it attaches to a nipple and doesn’t let go because it can’t! The nipple swells in the embryo’s mouth so that it is only able to let go when it is more developed.
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Australian Marsupials Their biggest threats are predation by feral cats and foxes, and habitat destruction by humans. Three such marsupials are the Kultarr and the Dunnart, small mouse-like creatures found in the inland regions, and the Red-Tailed Phascogale, a small tree dwelling marsupial found in the south west of Western Australia.heir biggest threats are predation by feral cats and foxes, and habitat destruction by humans. Three such marsupials are the Kultarr and the Dunnart, small mouse-like creatures found in the inland regions, and the Red-Tailed Phascogale, a small tree dwelling marsupial found in the south west of Western Australia.
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Examples of Marsupial Mammals Kangaroos, opossums and koalas are arguably the most famous of the marsupial mammals. Though there are relatively few marsupial mammals in the world as compared to placental mammals, there are a number of others, and they're a diverse bunch.The 17 species of bandicoots are small relatives of kangaroos that live in Australia, New Zealand and other area islands.angaroos. Kangaroos are probably the most famous marsupial mammals. There are more than 50 different kangaroo species, including red kangaroos, gray kangaroos and some smaller cousins of the same family, like wallabies, wallaroos and quokkas.
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- MarsupialS. A marsupial is a type of mammal that has a pouch and is sometimes referred to as a pouched mammal. A unique form of reproduction unites marsupials. Development of the young occurs in the internal uterus and the external pouch.When marsupials are born they are in an incomplete state of development.They are blind and hairless and need to make their way to the mother's pouch. unique form of reproduction unites marsupials. Development of the young occurs in the internal uterus and the external pouch. When marsupials are born they are in an incomplete state of development. They are blind and hairless and need to make their way to the mother's pouch.
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- Luckily, in the giraffe’s natural habitat, there is a ground covering of sand and some random flora to cushion baby’s first free-fall. In captivity, zoologists prepare a cushy sand bed when a cow (female giraffe) is ready to deliver.
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Giraffes Mammal. The giraffe is the tallest mammal, reaching as high as 5.5 meters (18 feet). Although their necks are much longer, giraffes have only seven vertebrae, the same number as most mammals. The giraffe's heart has to produce double the blood pressure of most large mammals in order to pump blood all the way up to the animal's brain.
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- More Facts about Giraffes. 1  Giraffes are the world's tallest mammals. While height varies between the subspecies, giraffes can be up to 20 feet tall. Reticulated giraffes average 14 to 19 feet tall. 2  There are 9 subspecies of giraffe. The most common giraffes in zoos are Rothschild's and reticulated giraffes like Katie.
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Giraffe The giraffe (Giraffa) is a genus of African even-toed ungulate mammals, the tallest living terrestrial animals and the largest ruminants. The genus currently consists of one species, Giraffa camelopardalis, the type species. Seven other species are extinct, prehistoric species known from fossils.