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The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials and monotremes, [1] [2] [3] and rarely in males as well, such as in the yapok [4] and the extinct thylacine. The name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium , meaning "pouch".
Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia.They are natively found in Australasia, Wallacea, and the Americas.One of the defining features of marsupials is their unique reproductive strategy, where the young are born in a relatively undeveloped state and then nurtured within a pouch on their mother's abdomen.
Antechinus do not have a complete pouch, as in other marsupials, but simply a flap of skin covering the teats. [1] The number of teats in Antechinus species varies between different populations of the same species, [2] [18] and can be anywhere from six to 13. [18]
The name thylacine is derived from thýlakos meaning "pouch" and ine meaning "pertaining to", and refers to the marsupial pouch. Both sexes had a pouch. The females used theirs for rearing young, and the males used theirs as a protective sheath, covering the external reproductive organs. The animal had a stiff tail and could open its jaws to an ...
It is the only monotypic species of its genus, Chironectes. [4] This semiaquatic creature is found in and near freshwater streams and lakes from Mexico through Central and South America to Argentina and is the most aquatic living marsupial (the lutrine opossum also has semiaquatic habits). It is also the only extant marsupial species in which ...
The Marsupial Pouch. ... Wombats are a short-legged burrowing marsupial species found across the continent of Australia. Though the fossil record shows some species of enormous sizes, living ...
An average litter consists of 2 to 4 young. Being marsupials, the newborns are naked and immature and thus undergo extensive development within the mother's pouch. [10] The gestation period (12.5 days) is the shortest recorded for any mammal. [3] Bandicoots are also the only metatherian marsupials that have placentas similar to eutherian ...
This species is the largest of the genus, with a body and head length of about 100 mm (3.9 in) and a tail length of about 80 mm (3.1 in). Typical weights are close to 15 g (0.53 oz) for males and close to 11 g (0.39 oz) for females.