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Kangaroo joey inside the pouch Female eastern grey kangaroo with mature joey in pouch. The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials, monotremes [1] [2] [3] (and rarely in the males as in the yapok [4] and the extinct thylacine); the name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch".
The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (metatherians or marsupials), and placental mammals (eutherians, for which see List of placental mammals). Classification updated from Wilson and Reeder's "Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference" using the "Planet Mammifères" website. [1]
Quokkapox virus (QPV), also known as quokka poxvirus, marsupial papillomavirus, or marsupialpox virus, [1] is a dsDNA virus that causes quokkapox. It is unclear whether this virus is its own species or a member of another species. [2] It primarily infects the quokka, which is one of only four macropodid marsupials to get pox lesions.
The Phalangeridae are a family of mostly nocturnal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea, and Eastern Indonesia, including the cuscuses, brushtail possums, and their close relatives. Considered a type of possum , most species are arboreal , and they inhabit a wide range of forest habitats from alpine woodland to eucalypt forest and ...
A rare marsupial joey is exploring life outside its mother’s pouch for the first time at a North Carolina zoo. The North Carolina Zoo, located in Asheboro, welcomed a new healthy bettong joey to ...
Pages in category "Marsupial diseases" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
The Australian Outback is one of the hottest places on earth. In the summertime, daytime temperatures hover between 95-105°F. Night time is slightly cooler, but not much, as temperatures average ...
Australia is home to two of the five extant species of monotremes and the majority of the world's marsupials (the remainder are from Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and the Americas). The taxonomy is somewhat fluid; this list generally follows Menkhorst and Knight [ 1 ] and Van Dyck and Strahan, [ 2 ] with some input from the global list ...