[DOC] [TLE] Opossum - Wikipedia [PAR] Scientific classification  e. Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Chordata. Clade: 
Synapsida. Class: Mammalia. Infraclass: Marsupialia. Order: Didelphimorphia 
Gill, 1872. Family: Didelphidae Gray, 1821. Genera. Several; see text. The 
opossums, also known as possums, are marsupial mammals of the order 
Didelphimorphia ... The word "opossum" is borrowed from the Virginia 
Algonquian (Powhatan)... [DOC] [TLE] Pouch (marsupial) - Wikipedia [PAR] The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials ); the name marsupial 
is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch". ... of the koala, 
Phascolarctos cinereus". Letters in Peptide Science. doi:10.1023/A:
1016257920016. [DOC] [TLE] What is a kangaroo's pouch called? | Reference.com [PAR] A kangaroo's pouch is called a marsupium. The word is derived from the Latin 
word "marsuppium," which means a purse or a pouch. A kangaroo is a marsupial,
... [DOC] [TLE] Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Nature/Marsupials - Wikibooks [PAR] Explain the significance of the direction of opening of the pouch and the .... 
Possums are small marsupials with brown or grey fur, ranging in size from the .... 
The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials; the name marsupial 
is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning pouch. ... What is its scientific 
name? [DOC] [TLE] Possum and opossum, is one correct? The answer may surprise ... [PAR] Jan 13, 2011 ... The opossum received its name in the early 1600s from Captain John Smith ... 
this means the animal carries its young in a pouch much like the ... the marsupial 
and the Latin word for can (as in te audire non possum). ..... Language  
Grammar  Symbols and Punctuation  History  Science and Technology. [DOC] [TLE] Marsupial | Define Marsupial at Dictionary.com [PAR] Marsupial definition, any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order 
Marsupialia, ... 1690-1700; < New Latin marsupilis pertaining to a pouch. ... Is a 
marsupial, the only one of its class found outside of Australia. ... marsupial in 
Science [DOC] [TLE] Classification of Living Things: Mammal Subclasses and Infraclasses [PAR] This is the basis for dividing them into subclasses and infraclasses. ... Their 
young are born very immature and cannot live without further development in the 
mother's pouch. The word marsupial comes from marsupium, the Latin word for 
purse. ... humans, and climate change (Jan Schipper et al., Science 1165115, 
2008). [DOC] [TLE] opossum | marsupial | Britannica.com [PAR] Opossum, also spelled possum, any of slightly more than 100 species of New 
World marsupial ... The word opossum is based on the Algonquian word apasum, 
meaning white ... In The News / Science ... mother's fur-lined pouch; those that 
reach the pouch seek out a nipplethere usually are ... Opossums of Latin 
America. [DOC] [TLE] the opossum: its amazing story - Wildlife Emergency Services [PAR] Scientific names usually are derived from Latin and only one scientific .... The 
term Marsupialia (marsupials) is from the Latin word marsupium (meaning pouch
) .... To avoid confusion the o was dropped from opossum and the term possum
... [DOC] [TLE] Marsupial - definition of marsupial by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Word / Article ... [16901700; < New Latin marsupilis pertaining to a pouch] ... 
The American Heritage Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. ... possum, 
opossum - nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found 
from southern North ... (an animal) having a pouch in which to carry its young. [DOC] [TLE] 1.  Possums  Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand [PAR] Nov 24, 2008 ... Young possum in pouch ... In Australia, the possum is protected as a native 
species. But in ... From 1934 Australian scientists decided on the name of '
possum' for members of the Phalangeridae family, including the brushtail... [DOC] [TLE] Tree-Kangaroo and Mammal Group - helping to conserve North ... [PAR] Not only sharing its habitat with possums, but also its distant ancestry the 
Lumholtz's ... Therein the

Question: From the Latin for "pouch", it's the scientific term for a possum's pouch
Answer: marsupium