marsupials
Pocket-carrying mammals
Marsupials are mammals whose young are born incompletely developed and typically continue growing in a pouch on the mother's belly.
Kangaroos, koalas, and opossums are marsupials.
Most marsupial species live in Australia and nearby islands, though opossums are native to the Americas.
The zoo's marsupial exhibit featured wallabies and wombats.
Pouched Australian leaper
- koalaTree-dwelling Australian marsupial
- wombatBurrowing Australian marsupial
- wallabySmall Australian marsupial
- Tasmanian devilCarnivorous Australian island marsupial
quokka · possum · glider · bandicoot · bilby · numbat · tree-kangaroo · sugar glider
Young marsupial offspring
- marsupiumExternal infant-carrying sac
- teatsMilk-dispensing projections
- maternalOf or like mothers
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
offspring · attachment · rearing · protective · nurture · crawling · development · weaning
Warm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- warm-bloodedInternally temperature-regulated
- viviparousBearing live young
- furryCovered in soft hair
lactation · gestation · mammary · premature birth · underdeveloped · embryonic · bifurcated · cloaca
kangaroo
Pouched Australian leaper
- koalaTree-dwelling Australian marsupial
- wombatBurrowing Australian marsupial
- wallabySmall Australian marsupial
Tasmanian devil · quokka · possum · glider · bandicoot · bilby · numbat · tree-kangaroo · sugar glider
joey
Young marsupial offspring
nursing · offspring · attachment · rearing · protective · nurture · crawling · development · weaning · emergence
mammal
Warm-blooded, milk-producing animal
- vertebrateSpinal column animal
- warm-bloodedInternally temperature-regulated
- viviparousBearing live young
furry · lactation · gestation · mammary · premature birth · underdeveloped · embryonic · bifurcated · cloaca
nocturnal
Active during darkness
- crepuscularRelating to dusk
- burrowingDigging to create shelter
- arborealOf or in trees
hopping · gliding · solitary · territorial · foraging · grazing · climbing · leaping · denning
opossum
American pouch-bearing mammal
macropod
Large-footed hopping marsupial
- Australian mammalskangaroos, koalas, wombats, wallabies, echidnas
- mammal groupsPrimates, Rodentia, monotremes, placentals, pinnipeds
- mammalsbears, bats, sheep, cats, anteater
- zoologymammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects
- Australian wildlifekangaroo, koala, platypus, echidna, wombat
- native wildlifenative species, endemic species, native birds, native mammals, native fish
marsupialsplacental mammals
Animals with internal fetal nourishment
placentals · monotremes · platypus · echidna