Metatheria

Metatheria hija infraklassi ta' mammiferi marsupjali, fil-klassi Mammalia u fis-sottoklassi Theria. Il-Metatheria tiġbor fiha żewġ superordnijiet l-Australidelphia u l-Ameridelphia u seba' ordnijiet li huma id-Didelphimorphia, il-Paucituberculata, il-Microbiotheria, id-Dasyuromorphia, il-Peramelemorphia, in-Notoryctemorphia, u d-Diprotodontia. Din l-infraklassi flimkien mal-Eutheria jiffurmaw is-sottoklassi Theria.

Il-Metatheria tinkludi fiha l-ispeċij marsupjali kollha eżistenti, kemm dawk estinti kif ukoll dawk estanti.

 Klassifikazzjoni 

 Infraklassi Metatheria
 Superordni Ameridelphia
 Ordni Didelphimorphia
 Familja Didelphidae (opossumi)
 Ordni Paucituberculata
 Familja Caenolestidae (opossumi ġriedem ta' geddumhom twil)
 Superordni Australidelphia
 Ordni Microbiotheria
 Familja Microbiotheriidae (kolokolo)
 Ordni Dasyuromorphia
 Familja Thylacinidae (Tilaċin) 
 Familja Dasyuridae (Xitan Tażmanjan)
 Familja Myrmecobiidae (Numbat)
 Ordni Peramelemorphia
 Familja Thylacomyidae (Bandikuti fniek jew Bilbijiet)
 Familja Chaeropodidae (Bandikut ta' saqajh ta' ħanżir)
 Familja Peramelidae (Bandikuti)
 Ordni Notoryctemorphia 
 Familja Notoryctidae (Talpi marsupjali)
 Ordni Diprotodontia 
 Familja Phascolarctidae (Kola)
 Familja Vombatidae (Wombati)
 Familja Phalangeridae (Possum ta' denbu xkupilja u kuskus)
 Familja Burramyidae (Possumi nani)
 Familja Tarsipedidae (Possum tal-għasel)
 Familja Petauridae (Possum ta' Leadbeater,Planatur taz-zokkor)
 Familja Pseudocheiridae (Possumi ta' denbhom biċ-ċriki)
 Familja Potoridae (Potorù, Kangarù far, Bettong)
 Familja Acrobatidae (Planatur ta' denbu pinna)
 Familja Hypsiprymnodontidae (Kangarù far tal-misk)
 Familja Macropodidae (Kangarù, Wallabi, Kwokka)

 Ara wkoll 

 Marsupialia
 Australidelphia
 Ameridelphia
 Marsupjal

 Referenzi 
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 Ħoloq esterni 
 Western Australian Mammal Species