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A marsupial is a mammal, but it is different to a placental mammal in two main ways.
Marsupial young are born very undeveloped, after a short gestation period. Moving purely by instinct, the baby joey (the term for all marsupial young) makes its way to the mother's pouch, where the young joey latches onto a teat, remaining there to continue its growth and development.
Many marsupials have the mammary glands enclosed within a protective pouch. Although a mammal with a pouch is always a marsupial, not all marsupials have pouches, for example, the numbat of Western Australia. This is not necessarily a characteristic of marsupials.
Marsupials are a kind of mammal. All marsupials are mammals, but not all mammals are marsupials. Marsupials do not have advanced placentas, and have epipubic bones. Epipubic bones are bones which project forwards from the pelvis. In the case of marsupials, these bones support the female's pouch, but there are other mammals which are not marsupials which also have epipubic bones. The excretory and reproductive systems of placental mammals and marsupials are also different.
Apart from these characteristics, marsupials have a similar Biology to other mammals.
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Are elephants marsupials or are they monotremes?
Neither. Elephants are placental mammals, which form a different group of mammals from either the marsupials (pouched mammals) or the monotremes (egg-laying mammals).
How are American mammals different from Australian mammals?
Most Australian mammals are marsupials unlike American mammals.
What other subclasses are there for mammals?
The 3 subclasses of mammals are monotremes, marsupials and placental mammals.
Is a beaver a marsupials?
No. Beavers are placental mammals, not marsupials. Marsupials are pouched mammals.
Are all mammals marsupial?
No. Marsupials are just one of three groups of mammals. The other two are monotremes and placental mammals. The vast majority of modern mammals are placental.
Are bobcats marsupial?
Bobcats are not marsupials. They are placental mammals, while marsupials are pouched mammals.
Are mammals marsupials?
Yes. All mammals, including marsupials, have the following characteristics:a body covering of fur, skin or hairsuckle the young on mothers' milkwarm-blooded vertebrates which breathe through lungswith the exception of platypuses and echidnas which are monotremes, or egg laying mammals, all other mammals including marsupials give birth to live young
What kind of placental mammal is a kangaroo?
The kangaroo is not a placental mammal. It is a marsupial. Marsupials and placental mammals are different from each other.
What is similar between marsupials and mammals?
marsupials are mammals. they're a specific classification of mammals with pouches.
Are mammals monotremes or marsupials?
Monotremes and marsupials are both types of mammals along with placental mammals
What do pouched marsupials eat?
Marsupials, almost all of which are pouched, eat different things according to their species.The dasyurids are the carnivorous marsupials. They may be larger carnivores which prey on other mammals, or they may be smaller ones which eat tiny reptiles, other mammals and also insects and invertebrates.Most marsupials are herbivorous, eating grasses, sedges and other vegetation.The numbat eats mainly termites and ants, but it is not a pouched marsupial.
How do marsupial mammals move?
Most marsupials move on legs just like other mammals.
