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List of monotremes and marsupials

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The class Mammalia (mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg-laying mammals (yinotherians or monotremes - see also Australosphenida), and mammals which give live birth (therians). The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (metatherians or marsupials), and placental mammals (eutherians, for which see List of placental mammals). Classification updated from Wilson and Reeder's "Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference" using the "Planet Mammifères" website.[1]

Subclass Prototheria (the monotremes)

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Order Monotremata (monotremes, egg-laying mammals)

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Monotremes

Subclass Theria

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Infraclass Metatheria (marsupials)

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Superorder Ameridelphia

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Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Eastern caenolestid (Caenolestes sangay)

Order Didelphimorphia (American opossums)

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Superorder Australidelphia

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Australidelphians

Order Microbiotheria (monito del monte)

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Order Diprotodontia (diprotodont marsupials)

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Suborder Vombatiformes (wombats and koalas)
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Suborder Phalangeriformes (possums and gliders)
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Suborder Macropodiformes (kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies)
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Boudet Ch. "Planet' Mammiferes". Planet' Mammiferes. 4.1 of 2013/12/23. Retrieved 2016-04-17.