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Animal factsheets
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/Discover the astonishing variety of mammals, birds, reptiles, marine life and more in the Australian Museum collections.
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What is a monotreme?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-monotreme/Monotremes are different from other mammals because they lay eggs and have no teats.
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White-striped Freetail Bat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/white-striped-freetail-bat/White-striped Freetail Bat
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Pygmy Sperm Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/pygmy-sperm-whale/The Pygmy Sperm Whale is a small robust whale.
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Southern Right Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/southern-right-whale/The Southern Right Whale was called a 'right whale' as it was the right whale to catch because of its meat and high oil content.
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Grey-headed Flying-fox
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/grey-headed-flying-fox/Grey-headed Flying-fox
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Eastern Ringtail Possum
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/common-ringtail-possum/The Common or Eastern Ringtail Possum is well known to many Sydney residents. Together with the Common Brushtail Possum, it has adapted well to living in close association with humans and is often seen in suburban gardens at night.
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Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/melomys-rubicola/The Bramble Cay Melomys, or Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat was officially declared extinct in 2019. It is considered the first mammal to become extinct due to climate change.
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Endemism in Australian mammals
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/endemism-in-australian-mammals/Australia possesses a unique assemblage of mammal species, of which over 80% are endemic.
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History of the Mammal Department
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/history-of-the-mammal-department/The Mammalogy department was formed in 1890 under the direction of Edward Pierson Ramsay, the first Australian-born curator for the museum.
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RELICS
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