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Platypus
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/platypus/The Platypus is a unique Australian species. Along with echidnas, Platypuses are grouped in a separate order of mammals known as monotremes, which are distinguished from all other mammals because they lay eggs.
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Short-finned Pilot Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/short-finned-pilot-whale/The most distinctive feature of the Short-finned Pilot Whale is the bulbous to squarish melon head and very short beak.
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Tree Kangaroo from New Guinea
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/mammology-collection-tree-kangaroo-from-new-guinea/When new species as large and colourful as tree kangaroos are discovered it is a rare event indeed.
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Parma Wallaby
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/parma-wallaby/Grey-brown with a white throat and chest, pale grey belly and a dark dorsal stripe running from the head to the middle of the back.
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Quokka
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/quokka/The Quokka is one of the smallest wallabies. This marsupial has the ability to climb trees.
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Bottlenose Dolphin
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/bottlenose-dolphin/The Bottlenose Dolphin is found right around the coast of Australia and can sometimes be seen catching waves with surfers in Sydney.
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Australian Fur Seal
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/australian-fur-seal/The Australian Fur Seal is the largest fur seal found in Australian waters.
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A tale of many tails!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-tale-of-many-tails/On a seemingly unremarkable hill in north Queensland something remarkable appears to be happening to wallaby's tails.
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A new mammal species for Australia, already extinct?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-a-new-mammal-species-for-australia-already-extinct/It's only just been recognised, but has Australia already lost its newest mammal species?
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Striped Dolphin
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/striped-dolphin/The Striped Dolphin is a small sleek compact dolphin with a striking body pattern that gives it its name.
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