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Marsupialia  

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Entry terms

  • Marsupial
  • Marsupials
  • Metatheria

Scope note

  • An infraclass of MAMMALS, also called Metatheria, where the young are born at an early stage of development and continue to develop in a pouch (marsupium). In contrast to Eutheria (placentals), marsupials have an incomplete PLACENTA.

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