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

marsupial

metatherian - primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas

Marsupialia, order Marsupialia - coextensive with the subclass Metatheria

possum, opossum - 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

marsupial mole, Notoryctus typhlops, pouched mole - small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole

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Though often called the koala 'bear,' this cuddly animal is not a bear at all; it is a marsupial, or pouched mammal. After giving birth, a female koala carries her baby in her pouch for about six months.

Koala

class="MsoNormalIt borrows from the Australian pouched mammal, the Kangaroo, which naturally gives birth to underdeveloped babies but which are then carried in its pouch under the belly, being nourished with milk as it thrives from the mother's warmth.

All about touch: Kangaroo care can save your pre-term baby's life

This is one carcass that scavenging didelphodon, a pouched mammal the size of a badger, won't devour.

The secret life of dinos: step back in time with the largest beasts ever to walk the Earth. (Earth/Life Science: Cretaceous Period * Dinosaurs * Fossils

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