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Monkey faced bat from the Solomon Islands
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/mammology-collection-monkey-faced-bat-from-the-solomon-islands/Monkey-faced Bats (genus Pteralopex) are a distinctive and poorly studied group of flying-foxes known only from the Solomon Islands and Fiji.
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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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Large-eared Flying-fox
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/large-eared-flying-fox/In Australia, Large-eared Flying-foxes are restricted to northern islands off Torres Strait, but they are widespread around coastal New Guinea.
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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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Sperm Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/sperm-whale/The Sperm Whale is the classic whale of 'Moby Dick' fame, and is the largest of the toothed whales.
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Southern Bottlenose Whale
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/southern-bottlenose-whale/The Southern Bottlenose Whale was described by William Flower in 1882 from a beach-worn skull found on Lewis Isle in the Dampier Archipelago of north-western Australia. This remains the most northerly record for this species.
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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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Water-rat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/water-rat/The Water-rat is one of Australia's largest rodents and is usually found near permanent bodies of water.
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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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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea
Featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
Special exhibition opens 18 November 2023
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