Metatheria (subclass)

Esquema

Getty AAT: Living organisms

Jerarquía

Eukaryota (domain) > Animalia (kingdom) > Chordata (phylum) > Vertebrata (subphylum) > Mammalia (class)

Descripción

Grouping containing the former taxon Marsupialia as well as the nearest fossil relatives of marsupial mammals. Common characteristics include the bearing of very immature young which are typically nursed in an abdominal pouch.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300310306

Otros términos

  • marsupials [en]
  • marsupial [en]