Metatheria

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “changed”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

Proper noun

Metatheria

A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria – the marsupials and the extinct species more closely related to the marsupials than to humans or rodents.

Usage notes

Almost synonymous with Marsupialia

Hypernyms

(infraclass): Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; (Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass;) Theria - subclass

Hyponyms

(infraclass): Paucituberculata, Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria, Dasyuromorphia, Notoryctemorphia, Peramelemorphia, Diprotodontia - orders

References

Metatheria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Metatheria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Metatheria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Metatheria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Metatheria at Animal Diversity Web
Metatheria on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Metatheria at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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