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No. Only female marsupials have a pouch, as only the female rears the young joeys. The joey is dependent on mothers' milk for several months. Males take no part in rearing the young.
The now extinct Thylacine, commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, was characterised by the male having a pouch to protect his reproductive organs as he ran through the dense undergrowth. His pouch, however, served no purpose in helping rear the joeys.
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There is one - the water opossum, in Mexico and South America. It's locally known as the Yapok. The pouch is on their back. The female's is used for keeping their young dry and air tight while swimming. The males use theirs to protect the genitalia while swimming.
There was another: the Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or sometimes Tasmanian wolf, now extinct. The male of the species had a pouch to protect his genitalia whilst running through the thick undergrowth of Australia's bushland.
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Are llama marsupial?
no they don't have pouches!
Is a wolf marsupial?
No. Wolves are canines and don't have pouches.
Does a marsupial go to its fathers pouch?
Only female marsupials have pouches. The males, or fathers, do not have a pouch. The only male marsupial which had a pouch was the now-extinct Thylacine, sometimes known as the Tasmanian tiger. This marsupial male had a pouch to protect its reproductive parts, and was not for the purpose of nurturing the young joeys.
DO ALL MARSUPIAL'S HAVE POUCHES?
No, but very few marsupials do not have pouches. These include the numbat and the red-tailed phascogale.
Why does marsupial frogs have a pouch?
The reason why marsupial frogs have pouches is to keep the tadpoles until they develop into froglets.
Do polar bears have pouches?
No. Only marsupial mammals have pouches. The bears reproductive systems work the same as humans.
How do you spell masuopile?
This could be the animal class "marsupial", generally mammals with pouches.
Is a gorilla a marsupial?
No..It is a primate..Marsupials have pouches..Kangaroos, numbats, opossums and wombats are marsupials.
What were the pouches on a Tasmanian tiger for?
The Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine is one of two known species of marsupial in which both sexes have pouches. In the female the rear facing pouch is used to carry and protect the young, of which there could have been up to four, as they developed on the teats. In the males there was a pseudo pouch into which the testicles could be retracted for protection.
Do sloths have upside down pouches?
Well since a sloth isn't a marsupial, it doesn't have a pouch.
Do Joey kangaroos have pouches?
Yes. Young female kangaroos do have pouches. Males never develop a pouch.
Do some dragonflys have pouches?
Marsupial and fire-breathing dragons have pouches. The former copies a kangaroo's pouch, whereas the latter have pouches in their mouths for storing iron pyrite and flint which, when knocked together, produce sparks.
