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There are several marsupials with backwards-facing pouches. They include:
- wombat
- koala
- Greater bilby
- planigale
- quoll
- some species of phascogale also have a backwards facing pouch
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What is the Bilby classified as?
The bilby is a mammal, and a marsupial. The female has a backward-facing pouch in which the young joeys are reared.
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.
Is the giraffe a marsupial?
NO. a marsupial carries it young in a pouch.
What is another name for the pouch?
A marsupial's pouch is the marsupium.
Did the marsupial lion have a pouch?
Most, but not all, marsupials have a pouch. The marsupial lion is now extinct but fossil evidence indicate sit did have a pouch.
What is pouch mammal?
A "Marsupial".
What is another word for kangaroo pouch?
Marsupium is the pouch of a female marsupial.
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.
What origin is the name marsupial?
Marsupial comes from the Latin word marsupium, which means pouch.
Is a kiwi bird a marsupial?
A kiwi bird is not a marsupial because it doesn't have a pouch and it is not a mammal.
What is an anatomical pouch called?
If the question is referring to the pouch of a marsupial, its proper name is marsupium.
What are the threatened marsupial bats called?
There are no marsupial bats. Marsupials keep there newborn in a pouch, bats do not.
