metatherian

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marsupial, pouched mammal

mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

opossum, possum

nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

opossum rat

terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews

bandicoot

any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous

kangaroo

any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail

opossum, phalanger, possum

small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

wombat

burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger

dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial

small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania

Notoryctus typhlops, marsupial mole, pouched mole

small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole

Type of:

mammal, mammalian

any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk