Diprotodon by NTamura on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

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Published: Feb 20, 2008

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Diprotodon optatum is the largest marsupial that ever existed. Measuring up to 3 m in length, it lived during the Pleistocene of Australia and became extinct shorly after the first humans arrived in this continent 50 000 years ago. Its closest modern relative is the wombat.

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So, this was 3 meters long... What did it eat? I'm really not an expert on prehistoric Australia..