# List of adaptive radiated marsupials by form

This is a list of adaptive radiated marsupials by form; they are adaptively radiated marsupial species equivalent to the many niche-types of non-marsupial mammals. Many of the surviving species are from Australia. There are unique types, for example the extinct genus Nototherium, a 'rhinoceros-type'.
The new world has the common opossum, also a unique form.
Even before the mid-19th century and Charles Darwin's time, biogeographers understood speciation and animal niches. A supreme example that became known to Darwin as sailing ships traveled the world is the New Zealand flightless, ground-dwelling, worm-eating kiwi, a bird, but a species in a mammal-niche.

## Anteater-like

1 genus–(monotypic) (2 subspecies)
Anteater-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (anteater-like) Family-Myrmecobiidae Genus-Myrmecobius M. fasciatus (2 subspecies) | Western Australia (2 subspecies) | | Numbat, also called0 the banded anteater |

## Cat-like

1 genus–(6 species)
Cat-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (cat-like) Order-Dasyuromorphia Family- Dasyuridae Genus-Dasyurus D. albopunctatus D. geoffroii D. hallucatus D. maculatus D. spartacus D. viverrinus | Australia & Papua and New Guineas | | Tiger quoll |

## Groundhog-like

6 genera 2 surviving genera
Groundhog-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (groundhog-like) Family-Vombatidae Genera 6 genera | | | Common wombat |

## Mole-like

1 genus–(2 species)
Mole-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (mole-like) Genus-Notoryctes N. caurinus N. typhlops | | | Marsupial mole |

## Rhinoceros-like

1 genus
Rhinoceros-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (rhinoceros-like) Order-Diprotodontia Sub-Order-Vombatiformes Family-Diprotodontidae Genus-Nototherium | Extinct | | Nototherium |

## Panther-like

6 genera
Panther-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (panther-like) Order-Diprotodontia Family-Thylacoleonidae Genus †Priscileo †Priscileo pitikantensis (Upper Oligocene) †Priscileo roskellyae (Middle Miocene) Subfamily Wakaleoninae Genus †Wakaleo †Wakaleo alcootaensis (Upper Miocene) †Wakaleo oldfieldi (Lower—Upper Miocene) †Wakaleo vanderleueri (Middle—Upper Miocene) Subfamily Thylacoleoninae Genus †Thylacoleo †Thylacoleo carnifex (Pleistocene) †Thylacoleo crassidentatus (Pliocene) †Thylacoleo hilli (Pliocene) | Extinct | | Thylacoleo |

## Flying Squirrel-like

1 genus–(6 species)
Flying Squirrel-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (flying squirrel-like) Genus-Petaurus P. abidi P. australis P. biacensis P. breviceps P. gracilis P. norfolcensis | | | Sugar glider |

## Canine-like

1 genus–(1 species)
canine-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (canine-like) Order-Dasyuromorphia Family- Thylacinidae Genus-Thylacinus T. cynocephlus | Extinct | | Thylacine, also called Tasmanian wolf or tiger |

## Hyena-like

1 genus–(1 species)
Hyena-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (hyena-like) Order-Dasyuromorphia Family- Dasyuridae Genus-Sarcophilus S. harrisii | Extirpated from mainland (Tasmania only) | | Tasmanian devil |

## Deer-like

* - Family Macropodidae

## Unique: opossum-like

? species
Unique—Opossum-like marsupials :
| Taxa | Presence | Notes | Images |
| Marsupial: (opossum-like) Infraclass-Marsupialia Family-Didelphidae Genera Many genera | | | Virginia opossum |