marsupial

But far from being an oddity, these friendly furry marsupials are in fact a type of possum known as a sugar glider.

It is estimated that the furry marsupials generate $1 billion a year to the Australian economy in tourism.

Koala bears are marsupials meaning that they carry their young in a pouch. Koala bears have pouches that open toward the hind legs.

In the history of biological evolution, the formation of too strong in two major categories of mammals: marsupials and placental animals.

Tasmanian devils are the kangaroo's crankiest cousin. Like most marsupials, they start as tiny specks in their mother's pouch.

Kangaroos are part of a special category of animals, called marsupials.

Photoreactivation systems have been found in many organisms from bacteria to marsupials.

any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens.

Any of about 22 species of marsupials (family Peramelidae) found in Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and nearby islands.

DNA evidence has suggested the last common ancestor to eutherians and marsupials lived around 160 million years ago.

Australia is home to more than 100 unique marsupials (a type of mammal), as well as abundant bird and marine life.

Colugos resemble marsupials in that their young are born early in embryonic development.

Altogether, Dr Schrenzel and Dr Rideout analysed the receptors of 60 species, ranging from bears and lions to skunks and marsupials.

A saclike structure , such as the cheek pockets of the gopher or the external abdominal pocket in which marsupials carry their young .

These young ones, as with other marsupials, spend a period of time inside the mother's "pouch" before venturing out into the world.

Pouches are a peculiarity of marsupials.

Keeping these fleet-footed marsupials away from their crops and water supplies has become a constant battle.

Until the 1980s, zoologists feared that the koala might go the way of some other rare marsupials.

Overall, the island hosts the highest diversity of tree-dwelling marsupials in the world, with an incredible 38 species, WWF says.

The highest diversity of tree-dwelling marsupials in the world exists on New Guinea with an incredible 38 species.

As an example, he described an unusual cancer that is spreading among endangered marsupials called Tasmanian devils.

Like other marsupials, when they are well fed, their tails swell with stored fat.

The marsupials have been on death row since May last year when a planned cull was deferred after an outcry by animal protection groups.

What are marsupials?

In marsupials, such as opossum and kangaroo, the life span of the corpus luteum is similar in pregnant and nonpregnant females.

The Dietary Selections of Insectivorous Marsupials and Their Relations to Prey Quality