Identify the example of Australian Marsupial from the following:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Flying phalanger

Marsupials are pouched mammals; in Australia many kinds evolved from one ancestor (adaptive radiation).

Option (1) Flying squirrel — Incorrect. It is a placental mammal; it looks like the flying phalanger because of convergent evolution.

Option (2) Flying phalanger — Correct. Australian marsupials radiated into many forms from one ancestor, each matching a placental mammal of other continents. The flying phalanger is the marsupial that glides between trees, like the flying squirrel among placentals.

Option (3) Bobcat — Incorrect. A placental mammal; its marsupial look-alike is the Tasmanian tiger cat.

Option (4) Mole — Incorrect. The common mole is placental; the marsupial mole is a different animal.