pouched mammal

Noun
  1. Mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried (synset 101877075)
    is a type of: metatherian - primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
    subtypes:
    • opossum, possum - nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
    • opossum rat - terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews
    • bandicoot - any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous
    • kangaroo - any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
    • opossum, phalanger, possum - small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
    • wombat - burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger
    • dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania
    • marsupial mole, notoryctus typhlops, pouched mole - small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole
    belongs to: marsupialia, order marsupialia - coextensive with the subclass Metatheria
    same as: marsupial

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