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sugar squirrel — noun or sugar opossum : a small widely distributed Australian opossum (Petaurus breviceps) that is largely silvery gray with a bushy and often white tipped tail and that in habits and appearance much resembles a flying squirrel … Useful english dictionary
List of monotremes and marsupials — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… … Wikipedia
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mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… … Universalium
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Eastern Pygmy Possum — Eastern Pygmy Possum[1] Temporal range: Late Pleistocene Recent Conservation status … Wikipedia
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Possum — Taxobox name = Possums image width = 240px image caption = Common Brushtail Possum ( Trichosurus vulpecula ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Marsupialia ordo = Diprotodontia subordo = Phalangeriformes subordo … Wikipedia
reproductive system, animal — Introduction any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce. The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… … Universalium
