answersLogoWhite

0

On the contrary: no species of marsupials migrate.

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Natural Sciences

What does a kangaroo?

A kangaroo, like almost all other marsupials, has a pouch.


Can marsupials get rabies?

Not in Australia. There is no rabies in Australia.


What are babies that develop in a pouch of a mammal called?

marsupials.


What is unique about all the mammals in the Order Marsupialia?

Marsupials have pouches to carry their young. No other animal besides marsupials have pouches.Correction:It is not the pouch that makes marsupials unique. This is a common but erroneous belief. Not all marsupials have pouches, and some other creatures, such as echidnas, do carry their young in a pouch.What makes the marsupial different is the fact that the young are all born extremely undeveloped, after a short gestation period. Most species then nurture their joeys in a pouch, but the joeys of those that do not have a pouch cling to the mother's underbelly, secured by the mother's teat which has swollen in the joey's mouth.In addition, female marsupials have two vaginas, or what are called paired lateral vaginae. These are for the purpose of transporting the sperm to the womb, but there is a midline pseudovaginal canal for actually giving birth. As well as two vaginas and two uteruses, female marsupials have two fallopian tubes and two cervixes.


Why are koalas marsupials?

Koalas are called marsupials, and not bears, because that is what they are - marsupials. They are not related to bears in any way; and bears are placental mammals, not marsupials. Like most (not all) marsupials, koalas have a pouch in which to keep their young. Most marsupials, including kangaroos, wallabies, possums, bandicoots and koalas, share this feature, but some marsupials such as the numbat have just a rudimentary flap of skin to protect the joeys. Like other marsupials, koala joeys are characterised by being extremely small and undeveloped at birth. At birth, they take a long, arduous journey from the birth canal, driven purely by instinct, grabbing hold of the mother marsupial's fur to reach the pouch. Upon reaching the pouch, 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. Female koalas, like other marsupials, have two vaginas, or what are called paired lateral vaginae. These are for the purpose of transporting the sperm to the womb, but there is a midline pseudovaginal canal for actually giving birth. As well as two vaginas and two uteruses, female marsupials have two fallopian tubes and two cervixes. Male koalas are like most male marsupials (except for the largest species, the Red Kangaroo, Eastern Grey and Western Grey Kangaroos), in that they have a bifurcated, or two-pronged penis, to accommodate the females' two vaginas.