Seasonal breeding in two marsupials, the bandicoot Isoodon macrourus and the possum Trichosurus vulpecula.
1990
R T Gemmell
Department of Anatomy, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia.
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008394
Marsupialia
An infraclass of MAMMALS, also called Metatheria, where the young are born at an early stage of development and continue to develop in a pouch (marsupium). In contrast to Eutheria (placentals), marsupials have an incomplete PLACENTA.
Metatheria,Marsupials,Marsupial
D009893
Opossums
New World marsupials of the family Didelphidae. Opossums are omnivorous, largely nocturnal and arboreal MAMMALS, grow to about three feet in length, including the scaly prehensile tail, and have an abdominal pouch in which the young are carried at birth.
Didelphidae,Opossum
D001947
Breeding
The production of offspring by selective mating or HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC in animals or plants.
Breedings
D000818
Animals
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.
Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012621
Seasons
Divisions of the year according to some regularly recurrent phenomena usually astronomical or climatic. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)