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Saturday, 18 July 2026

Global Animal Guide

Order Diprotodontia

Animals in the order Diprotodontia on Global Animal Guide. The guide features 7 species in this order — each profile answers the most-searched questions first.

Red-necked wallaby with reddish neck and shoulders grazing at the edge of eucalyptus forest

Mammal

Red-necked Wallaby

The rusty-shouldered grazer of eastern Australia

Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo with golden back stripes sitting on a mossy rainforest branch

Mammal

Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo

The golden-striped kangaroo that lives in trees

Sugar glider mid-glide with patagium stretched and large dark eyes facing forward

Mammal

Sugar Glider

Nocturnal gliding marsupial of eucalypt forests

Koala with fluffy grey fur clinging to a eucalyptus tree trunk

Mammal

Koala

Australia's iconic eucalyptus-eating marsupial

Large red kangaroo standing upright in the Australian outback at golden hour

Mammal

Red Kangaroo

The largest marsupial and a powerful hopper

Quokka, a small round-faced marsupial, sitting on the ground appearing to smile

Mammal

Quokka

The smiling marsupial of Western Australia

Common wombat sitting on a grassy hillside in southeastern Australia showing its stocky brown body and broad rounded snout

Mammal

Wombat

The powerful Australian digger famous for cube-shaped droppings