Dichotomous Key/Marsupialia

kingdom phylum class order family group species

Marsupialia

Marsupialia
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Class	Mammalia
Subclass	Marsupialia
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Parent key: Mammalia
Subclasses
Marsupialia - Monotremata - Placentalia
Key: Mammalia
Orders
Afrosoricida - Artiodactyla - Carnivora - Cetacea - Chiroptera - Dermoptera - Insectivora - Lagomorpha - Macroselidae - Marsupialia - Monotremata - Perissodactyla - Pholidota - Primates - Proboscidea - Rodentia - Scandentia - Sirenia - Xenarthra

1

• Range
  • Australia - #2: Australidelphia
  • Western Hemisphere - #3: Ameridelphia

2: Australidelphia

• Feeding
  • Herbivore - Diprotodontia
  • Carnivore or omnivore - #5

3: Ameridelphia

Could be Didelphimorphia or Paucituberculata

4

• Presence of external ears
  • Present - Dasyuromorphia
  • Not present - Notoryctemorphia

5

• Second and third toes
  • Fused - Peramelemorphia
  • Not fused - #4