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honey possum
marsupial
Also known as: Tarsipes spenserae, long-snouted phalanger
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- In marsupial
The small honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus) is specialized to feed on the nectar of flowers, and other marsupials also may serve as important pollinators in that way. Few large carnivores have ever evolved in Australia, because of the low productivity of its environment. The most-recent large carnivorous…
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