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Diprotodon optatum
Learn more about Diprotodon optatum
- The world’s largest marsupial weighing up to 2.5 tonnes.
- Lived 1 million — 40,000 years ago.
- Related to wombats and koalas.
- Walked on four feet.
- Had a pouch, probably backward facing.
- Two huge tusks in lower jaw.
- Plant eater.
- Found across Australia.
Diprotodon optatum | Project DIG
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