Definition

Kangaroos, wombats, possums and wallabies are examples of marsupials. Marsupials are metatherian mammals whose distinguishing features include the birth of their young at an early fetal stage of development inside an external pouch into which the incompletely developed young climb to nurse and finish developing.

Keywords

Metatheria, mammals, kangaroos, wallabies, wombats, opossums, possums, numbats, Tasmanian wolf, Tasmanina devil, American marsupials, bettongs, cuscuses, bandicoots, billabies, protection, conservation, habitat, non-placental, animals, koala