The characteristic koalas, kangaroos, possums and wombats of Australia share a common American ancestor, according to genetic research from Germany.

根据德国的一项遗传研究显示无尾熊、袋鼠、负鼠和袋熊都带有美洲古生物的共同特征。

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Where else in the world can you find emus, wombats, galahs, kangaroos, koalas, platypi (7), kookaburras, quokkas, wallabies and wallaroos?

除了这里，你还能在哪里看得到鸸鹋、袋熊、桃红鹦鹉、袋鼠、考拉、鸭嘴兽、笑翠鸟、短尾矮袋鼠、小袋鼠和大袋鼠呢?

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In addition to population monitoring, volunteers check for breakage in the 2m-high, 20km-long, 1m-deep anti-dingo and dog fence that surrounds the park, and fill up water containers placed around the reserve for the wombats each day.

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The island is jam-packed with wallabies, wombats and possums, principally because foxes, which have decimated marsupial populations on the mainland, were slow to reach the island (the first fox was found in Tasmania only as recently as 2001).

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Indeed, now I could see why wombats are often referred to as the engineers of the mammal world.

BBC: Protecting a wombat species that is as fast as Usain Bolt