Classification

• Has cellular characteristics such as DNA inside a nucleus

• Utilizes an extracellular matrix or ECM

• Has gill-like structures called pharyngeal slits
• Has a dorsal nerve cord
• Has a notochord
• Has a tail

• Body hair covers the body
• Lungs are used to breathe
• Newborns ingest milk from the mother ( with a few exceptions )
• Warm-blooded

• Offspring do not hatch from eggs

• Offspring are not born with a true placenta, it is less developed
• Offspring are not well developed at birth
• Offspring are born into a marsupium (a pouch inside the belly of the mother)
• Bifid reproductive organs
• More teeth are present than in placental animals

• 280 species where traits are not completely agreed upon among experts

• Arboreal ( live in trees )
• Most are native to Australia and surrounding lands
• Specific characteristics in genetic material and blood composition

• Other species: Breviceps, Norfolcensis, Abidi, Gracilis, Biancensis and Australis

• The sugar glider.

• breviceps (Waterhouse, 1839) Victoria, South Aus, NSW?, Qld & Tasmania (red), Australia
• longicaudatus (Longman, 1924) Queensland, Australia
• ariel (Gould, 1842) Northern Territory to WA, Australia
• flavidus (Tate & Archbold, 1935) Southern New Guinea, Island of NewGuinea
• papuanus (Thomas, 1888) Northern New Guinea, Island of NewGuinea
• tafa (Tate & Archbold, 1935) Owen Stanley Range, Island of NewGuinea

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