Definition of pouched mammal Pouched mammal
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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 | ||
| opossum, possum 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 | ||
| phalanger, opossum, 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 | ||
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