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Most marsupials carry their developing young in a pouch, a patch of skin open at one end on the female's abdomen (for some, such as the wombat and koala, it opens backwards).
However, this is not true for most opossums or for some dasyurids. Some antechinus such as the swamp antechinus develop just a flap of skin for a pouch during breeding season. The kultarr and kowari also have just a fold of skin. The insectivorous numbat of western Australia is a marsupial which has no pouch at all.
The ones that lack a pouch simply have the developing young attach themselves to the nipple. If you are talking about the young after they have detached from the nipple, then these alternate between independence and returning to the pouch (or just to the nipple) until full independence is achieved.
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What is the relationship between kangaroo and marsupial?
A marsupial is an animal that has a pouch. A kangaroo has a pouch so it is considered a marsupial. A kangaroo uses the pouch to carry their young after they give birth.
Do insectivores carry their young in pouches?
This would depend on whether the particular insectivore in question was a marsupial or not. Mountain pygmy possums, for example, are marsupials and insectivores, and they carry their young in a pouch. The only exception to this is the numbat, an Australian insectivore and a marsupial which does not have a pouch. Hedgehogs, on the other hand, are an example of placental mammals which are insectivores, but do not belong to the marsupial family; therefore, they do not have a pouch.
Is the giraffe a marsupial?
NO. a marsupial carries it young in a pouch.
What do you calls animal that carries young in its pounch?
An animal like the opossum and kangaroo that carry their young in a pouch after birth, is called a marsupial. (marr-SOOP-ee-uhl)
What is a marsupial sac used for kangaroos?
Like all marsupials Kangaroo's carry their young in the pouch until they finish their full development.
What kind of other animal carries their young in a pouch like a kangaroo and have young called a joey also?
All marsupial young are known as joeys. Almost all marsupials carry their young in a pouch (the numbat, for example, does not have a pouch).
Does a bulldog have live young or is it a marsupial?
A bulldog has live young and it is not a marsupial.
What is a maruspial?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupial Marsupialsare an infraclass of mammals, characterized by a distinctive pouch (called the marsupium), in which females carry their young through early infancy.
What are young wallabies called?
Young wallabies are called joeys, like all marsupial young.
What is a female thylacine called?
A baby thylacine was called a joey. All marsupial young are called joeys.
What is the opposite of marsupial?
A mammal which is not a marsupial or a monotreme is called a placental mammal. There is no opposite to a marsupial. An animal is either a marsupial or it is not. Marsupial is the term given to any mammal of the order Marsupialia whose young are born in an immature state and continue development in the "marsupium" (or pouch).
What is the baby bilby's name?
A baby bilby is called a joey. The bilby is a marsupial, and all marsupial young are known as joeys.
