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Marsupialia
‖
Mar-suˊpi-a′li-a
(mär-sūˊpĭ-ā′lĭ-ȧ)
, p
rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. L.
marsupium
a pouch, bag, purse, Gr. μαρσύπιον
, dim. of μάρσυπος
, μάρσιπος
.] (Zool.)
A subclass of
Mammalia
, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata
. Definition 2024
Marsupialia
Marsupialia
See also: marsupialia
Translingual
Proper noun
Marsupialia
- A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria – marsupials.
Synonyms
- (infraclass): Metatheria
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Tetrapoda - superclass; Amniota, Synapsida - clades; Pelycosauria - informal group; Eupelycosauria - clade; Therapsida - order; Theriodontia, Cynodontia, Mammaliaformes - clades; Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort
Hyponyms
- (infraclass): Dasyuromorphia, Didelphimorphia, Diprotodontia, Microbiotheria, Notoryctemorphia, Paucituberculata, Peramelemorphia, Sparassodonta, Yalkaparidontia - orders
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
marsupialia
marsupialia
See also: Marsupialia
Latin
Adjective
marsūpialia
- nominative neuter plural of marsūpialis
- accusative neuter plural of marsūpialis
- vocative neuter plural of marsūpialis