- marsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
--1 is a kind of metatherian
--1 is a member of Marsupialia, order Marsupialia
--1 has particulars:opossum, possum; opossum rat; bandicoot; kangaroo; phalanger, opossum, possum; wombat; dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid; pouched mole, marsupial mole, Notoryctus typhlops