Marsupial

Marsupialia; Temporal range: Paleocene – Holocene 65–0 mya
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Metatheria
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Orders
	Ameridelphia Didelphimorphia; Paucituberculata; ; Australidelphia Microbiotheria; Dasyuromorphia; Peramelemorphia; Notoryctemorphia; Diprotodontia; †Yalkaparidontia; ;
	Present-day distribution of marsupials.

Marsupials are in the infraclass of mammals called the Metatheria. This is the marsupials and their extinct ancestors.^[1] There are about 320 different species today.

↑ Marsupialia is their Latin name.

[1] Marsupialia is their Latin name.

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