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Marsupial
Marsupials are one of three groups of mammals defined by their method of reproduction. Babies are called joeys and are born live after a short gestation period. Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and eutherians are live bearers where the baby is born completely developed after a long gestation period. Marsupials are quite diverse, with over 300 species. Two-thirds of all species of marsupials are found in Australasia, and the rest are native to South America, except one species found in North America. After birth, crawling along the mother’s belly, the joey must find its way to her marsupium, an external pouch…
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