Metatheria
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “changed”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
Proper noun
Metatheria
- A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Theria – marsupials and the extinct species more closely related to the marsupials than to humans or rodents.
Usage notes
- Almost synonymous with Marsupialia
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass
Hyponyms
- (infraclass): Ameridelphia, Australidelphia – superorders
- (infraclass): Dasyuromorphia, Didelphimorphia, Diprotodontia, Microbiotheria, Notoryctemorphia, Paucituberculata, Peramelemorphia – orders
References
Metatheria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Metatheria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Metatheria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Metatheria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Metatheria at Animal Diversity Web
- Metatheria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
