Förlaget Lynx Edicions i samarbete med Conservation International och IUCN
Näbbdjur, myrpiggsvin, pungråttor, kängurus, Koalor, vallaby, and vombater – Monotremes and marsupials include a host of animals that have intrigued mammal fanciers for centuries. Ordningen Monotremes(kloakdjur) består av några få arter i Australien och New Guinea. Ordningen Marsupials(pungdjur) är mer artrik och återfinns i nord- och sydamerika vidare bort till australien och New Guniea. Volume 5 av HMW täcker dessa ordningar komplett och med senaste taxonomin.
Familjer som är med i denna del
Family Tachyglossidae (Echidnas) Stewart Nicol
Family Ornithorhynchidae (Platypus) Tom Grant
Family Didelphidae (Opossums) Diego Astúa
Family Caenolestidae (Shrew-Opossums) Bruce Patterson
Family Microbiotheriidae (Monito del Monte) Eduardo Palma & Alejandro Valladares-Gómez
Family Notoryctidae (Marsupial Moles) Ken Aplin
Family Myrmecobiidae (Numbat) Tony Friend
Family Dasyuridae (Carnivorous Marsupials) Andrew Baker
Family Thylacomyidae (Greater Bilby) Rick Southgate
Family Peramelidae (Bandicoots and Echymiperas)Christopher Dickman
Family Phascolarctidae (Koala) Stephen Jackson
Family Vombatidae (Wombats) Rod Wells
Family Burramyidae (Pygmy Possums) Stephen Jackson
Family Phalangeridae (Cuscuses, Brush-tailed Possums and Scaly-tailed Possum)Kristofer Helgen & Stephen Jackson
Family Pseudocheiridae (Ring-tailed Possums and Greater Gliders)Stephen Jackson
Family Petauridae (Striped Possums, Leadbeater's Possum and Lesser Gliders)Stephen Jackson
Family Tarsipedidae (Honey Possum) Ronald Wooller
Family Acrobatidae (Feather-tailed Gliders and Feather-tailed Possum)Ken Aplin
Family Hypsiprymnodontidae (Musky Rat Kangaroo)Andrew Dennis
Family Potoroidae (Bettongs and Potoroos) Mark Eldridge & Greta Frankham
Family Macropodidae (Kangaroos and Wallabies)Mark Eldridge & Graeme Coulson