Marsupial

• They are divided into 7 groups:

* Didelphimorphia (Opossums)

* Paucituberculata (Shrew Opossums)

* Microbiotheria

* Diprotodontia (Kangaroos, Possums, Koala, Wombat)

* Notoryctemorphia (Marsupial Moles)

* Dasyuromorphia (Tasmanian devil, Quoll)

* Peramelemorphia (Bandicoot, Bilbies)

• They have a pouch

• Their baby lives in the pouch until they are old enough

• They don't have kneecaps

• They have epipubic bones

• They don't have a gross communication between left and right brain hemispheres

Epipubic bones - They are pair of bones projecting forward from pelvic bones