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Marsupials are generally mammals with pouches in which they rear their young, although some species do not have pouches. Marsupial young are characterised by being extremely small and undeveloped at birth. Upon reaching the pouch (or the mother's underbelly, as in the case of the numbat), they latch onto a teat which swells in their mouth to prevent them from being accidentally dislodged during the mother's movements. There they stay for months, to complete their development. They include:

  • some sixty species of kangaroo, including wallaroo, potoroo, pademelon, rufous rat-kangaroo and wallaby
  • koala
  • wombat
  • possum (Australia) and opossum (North America)
  • glider
  • potoroo
  • bandicoot, including the bilby
  • quokka
  • quoll
  • Tasmanian Devil
  • phascogale
  • dunnart
  • cuscus
  • bettong
  • numbat (not a pouched marsupial, but a marsupial nonetheless)
  • antechinus
  • marsupial mole
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