Are guy Kangaroos also marsupials?

Question

So they say that marsupials are those animals with a pouch...so kangaroos are classifies as marsupials but guy kangaroos don't have pouches, do they? so are they still marsupials or just mammals????? just wondering...

Answer 1

Yes... the whole species are marsupials.

Mammals nurse their young... guys can't nurse anything.... we are still mammals. =)

Answer 2

There are three sub-classes of mammals - those with placentas (deer, bats, whales, us, etc.), those without placentas that don't lay eggs (kangaroos, oppossums, wombats, etc.), and those that lay eggs (platypus and echidna). Marsupials are the mammals that don't lay eggs and that don't have a placenta, an umbilical cord, or a belly button. Kangaroos, males and females, were never fed through an umbilical cord, and therefore you will never find a belly button on any of them. Female marsupials have enlarged cavities ("pouches") because their infants are expelled from their bodies while still at a very early embryonic stage and need a warm and protected place to nurse until they are more developed. Since male marsupials do not birth or nurse young, they do not need pouches, but they are still marsupials.

Answer 3

Yup, A Masculine Kangaroo is a marsupial.

Answer 4

Yes, marsupials are male and female.

Answer 5

As already referred to, the mouse is a rodent. And the kangaroo and koala are the two marsuipials. Being a meat-eater does single out the lion, as Rac and DWalker the two suggested. worldwide distribution of the lowly mouse singles it out, precisely as Haysoos factors out. those acknowledgements being made... I say the Kangaroo is the oddball, considering its commonplace mode of flow is bipedal (2 legged) whilst koalas climb and mice and lions run as quadrupeds (using 4 legs).