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Plants

Melstomids
The family includes the genus Tibouchina, which provides the popular garden Lasiandras. Most species are found in the neotropics of South and Central America, but the family is distributed throughout the tropics of the world including Australia.
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Birds

Raptors
There are over 300 different species of diurnal birds of prey, and they are among the most admired of all birds. They feed on other animals by killing or scavenging. 
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Mammals

Possums
The name 'possum' is a fairly vague and not very scientific term. Other than both being marsupials, the Australian/New Guinea 'Possums' are not closely related to the Neotropical 'Opossums'. In fact, within Australia, the term 'Possum' actually covers a few quite different families of animals.
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