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Definition of Pouched mammal
1. Noun. Mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried.
Generic synonyms: Metatherian
Group relationships: Marsupialia, Order Marsupialia
Specialized synonyms: Opossum, Possum, Opossum Rat, Bandicoot, Kangaroo, Opossum, Phalanger, Possum, Wombat, Dasyurid, Dasyurid Marsupial, Marsupial Mole, Notoryctus Typhlops, Pouched Mole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pouched Mammal
Literary usage of Pouched mammal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1891)
"The presence of a pouched mammal in beds of so remote a period is somewhat ...
Hardly a pouched mammal, except the opossum, now lingers in the world away ..."
2. Geology for general readers: A Series of Popular Sketches in Geology and by David Page (1870)
"Still more, the marsupial or pouched mammal, bringing forth immature young and
carrying them about for months, is less highly organised than the placen- tal ..."
3. Handbook of Geological Terms, Geology and Physical Geography by David Page (1865)
"—A small marsupial (or pouched) mammal from the Oolitic calcareous flagstones of
Stonesfield. The jaws and teeth are the only remains yet found, ..."
4. The Gallery of Marianne North's Paintings of Plants and Their Homes, Royal by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, William Botting Hemsley (1886)
"Like the Kangaroo, it is a Marsupial or pouched mammal, and when its young are
old enough it takes them out of its pouch and carries them on its back. ..."
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