Marsupial comes from the Latin word marsupium, which means pouch.
All baby marsupials are known as "joeys", but the origin of the name is not known.
"Marsupial" describes the marsupium, or the pouch, which is found only in certain marsupials.
the name of a hopping marsupial from australia is a kangaroo
Opossum - this marsupial is not related to the possum which is native to Australia.
The marsupial is an "antechinus", which is a small pouched animal like a mouse or shrew.
Karkarratul is the proper name for the Northern Marsupial Mole of Australia. It is a burrowing marsupial, spending most of its time underground, and it is blind.
A baby bilby is called a joey. The bilby is a marsupial, and all marsupial young are known as joeys.
* bilby * bandicoot
A marsupial's pouch is the marsupium.
It is a popular misconception that the word "kangaroo" is an Aboriginal word meaning "I don't understand you". However, this is a myth. No marsupial's name means "do not understand".
A bandicoot is a small ratlike marsupial.
The name of the Australian marsupial is spelled kangaroo.