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Marsupial Coloring Pages

by Leanne Guenther
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Marsupials are mammals whose babies are born tiny and finish growing outside their mother’s body, usually tucked into a pouch. There are more than 300 kinds, from animals as big as a kangaroo to ones no bigger than a mouse.

Most live in Australia and nearby New Guinea, but opossums make their home in the Americas too.

 

Kangaroo Coloring Pages

A big red kangaroo can clear more than 20 feet (6 metres) in a single bound, and its thick tail works like a fifth leg when it's moving slowly. Kangaroos live in family groups called mobs, and the youngsters, called joeys, are never far from mum...

Kangaroo coloring pages

 

Koala Coloring Pages

Koalas aren't bears. They're marsupials, and their closest relatives are wombats. Eucalyptus leaves give them very little energy, so they sleep most of the day, wedged into the fork of a tree...

Koala coloring pages

 

Numbat Coloring Pages

Most marsupials come out at night, but the numbat hunts for termites in the daytime. It doesn't even have a pouch, so its babies cling to their mother's belly instead, and its sticky tongue is about 4 inches (10 centimetres) long...

Numbat coloring pages