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Animals in Papua New Guinea
The Greater Bird of Paradise lives in the New Guinea rainforests. The differences between the sexes are dramatic, with the female being a drab brown bird who lacks the male's amazing plumes. Of course, he uses his plumes and tail streamers to attract the female. Males gather together on bare branches in the trees, ruffle their plumes and call, then wait while the female picks her mate. After that, she'll go on to raise the chicks by herself. The Greater Bird of Paradise eats insects and fruit.
The echidna is an unusual animal in that it's a mammal that lays eggs. This sort of animal is called a monotreme. It lives underground to avoid the heat of the day. It's solitary, eats ants and termites, and has a sort of spiny fur. When it's threatened, the echidna rolls up into a ball and depends on its spines to protect it, much like a hedgehog.
Matschie's tree kangaroo is a rare marsupial that's found in Papua New Guinea, specifically on the Huon peninsula. It's one of the few kangaroos found outside of Australia. Unlike Australia's gigantic kangaroos, the Matschie's tree kangaroo only grows to about 25 inches long. Its tail is about as long as its body, and helps it balance. The males, who are bigger than the females, weigh about 20 to 25 pounds, where the females weigh about five pounds less. It has woolly fur that reminds the viewer of a koala, except the kangaroo's fur is red on the back and golden on the front. As their name implies, they live in trees, and their paws have become adapted to climbing. They tend to live in small groups and are herbivorous. Because of their diet, they have to spend a long time digesting food, and spend much of their day at rest.
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Dolphins, porpoises, and whales in Papua New Guinea
Melon-headed whale Chinese white dolphin Bridled dolphin Pygmy sperm whale Long-beaked dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Pygmy killer whale Grey dolphin Blainville's beaked whale Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Irrawaddy dolphin Killer whale Fraser's dolphinBats in Papua New Guinea
Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat Dark sheath-tailed bat Lesser long-tongued frut bat Panniet naked-backed fruit bat New britain naked-backed fruit bat Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat Flores tube-nosed bat Bougainville monkey-faced bat St. aignan's trumpet-eared bat Admiralty flying-fox Large-footed bat Fly river trumpet-eared bat Black flying fox Bismarck's trumpet-eared bat Spectacled flying-fox Whiskered myotis Flower-faced bat Bulmer's fruit bat Small flying-fox Temminck's trident bat Big-eared flying fox Northern broad-nosed bat Lesser flying-fox Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat Northern mastiff bat Bismarck flying-fox Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat Hoary wattled bat Little red flying fox Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat Greater sheath-tailed bat Moss-forest blossom bat Insular flying-fox New guinea big-eared bat Common tube-nosed fruit bat Raffray's sheath-tailed bat Southern blossom bat Pallas's tube-nosed fruit bat Beccari's sheath-tailed bat White-striped free-tailed bat Rohu's bat Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat Large-eared sheath-tailed bat Coastal tomb bat Island tube-nosed fruit bat Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat Black-bellied fruit bat Dusky roundleaf bat Gould's long-eared bat Spurred roundleaf bat Small-toothed long-eared bat Telefomin roundleaf bat New guinea long-eared bat Fierce roundleaf bat Arcuate horseshoe bat Greater long-eared bat Maggie taylor's roundleaf bat Broad-eared horseshoe bat Fly river roundleaf bat Smaller horseshoe bat Western bent-winged bat Semon's roundleaf bat Large-eared horseshoe bat Big-eared mastiff bat Wollaston's roundleaf bat Geoffroy's rousette Mantled mastiff bat Great bent-winged bat Yellow-bellied pouched bat Beccari's mastiff bat Troughton's pouched bat Southern free-tailed bat Lesser naked-backed fruit bat Naked-rumped pouched batDasyuroid marsupials and marsupial carnivores in Papua New Guinea
Chestnut dunnart Short-furred dasyure Broad-striped dasyure Long-nosed antechinus Three-striped dasyure Lesser antechinus Black-tailed antechinus Speckled dasyure Narrow-striped dasyure New guinean quoll New guinean planigale Bronze quoll Red-cheeked dunnartKangaroos, possums, wallabies, and relatives in Papua New Guinea
Coppery ringtail possum Black dorcopsis wallaby Greater forest wallaby Northern glider Gray dorcopsis Common spotted cuscus Sugar glider Macleay's dorcopsis Woodlark cuscus Lesser forest wallaby Black-spotted cuscus Common phalanger Stein's cuscus Telefomin cuscus Long-tailed pygmy possum Mountain cuscus Silky cuscus Great-tailed triok Dusky pademelon Fergusson island striped possum Long-fingered triok Striped possum Doria's tree kangaroo Goodfellow's tree kangaroo Grizzled tree kangaroo Huon tree kangaroo Scott's tree-kangaroo Lowland tree kangaroo Agile wallaby Feathertail possum Red-legged pademelon D'albertis ringtail possum Goldon ringtail possumMonotremes in Papua New Guinea
Short-beaked echidna Long-beaked echidnaBandicoots and bilbies in Papua New Guinea
Giant bandicoot Raffray's bandicoot Clara bandicoot Fly river bandicoot David's echymipera Common echymipera Long-nosed echymipera Striped bandicoot Papuan bandicoot Northern brown bandicootRodents in Papua New Guinea
New britain water rat Shaw mayer's water rat Eastern small-toothed rat Poncelet's giant rat Eastern shrew mouse Western white-eared giant rat De vis's woolly rat Squirrel-toothed rat Bougainville naked-tailed rat Western shrew mouse Little native mouse Eastern white-eared giant rat Subalpine woolly rat Isabel naked-tailed rat Rothschild's woolly rat Musser's shrew mouse One-toothed shrew-mouse Rümmler's brush mouse Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat Grassland mosaic-tailed rat Mottled-tailed shrew mouse Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat Slender mosaic-tailed rat White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat Moss-forest rat Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat Van deusen's rat Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat Greater tree mouse Slender rat Thomas's mosaic-tailed rat Broad-headed tree mouse Moncton's mosaic-tailed rat Lesser tree mouse Giluwe rat Lowland mosaic-tailed rat Brush-tailed rabbit rat Polynesian rat Earless water rat Cape york rat Mountain mosaic-tailed rat Eastern rat Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat New guinean rat Spiny rat Giant naked-tailed rat Dusky field rat Giant white-tailed rat Stein's rat Lowland brush mouse Groove-toothed shrew mouse Bismarck giant rat Shaw mayer's brush mouse Mimic tree-rat Highland brush mouse Champion's tree mouse Large tree mouse Long-footed water rat Chestnut tree mouse Golden-bellied water rat Ernst mayr's water rat Gray-bellied tree mouse Coarse-haired water rat Northern water rat Mountain water rat Fly river water rat Short-haired water rat Western water rat New guinean jumping mouseDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Papua New Guinea
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