Diprotodon optatum

Lived between 1 million and 20,000 years ago

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The world’s largest marsupial, and an early relative of wombats and koalas

2

Had a pouch, probably backwards-facing

3

Had two huge tusks in its lower jaw

4

Ate plants

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