ORDER MARSUPIALIA

REVIEWED BY: J. A. W. Kirsch (JAWK); R. G. Van Gelder (RGVG).

COMMENT: Includes Marsupicarnivora, Paucituberculata, Peramelina, and Diprotodonta of Ride, 1964. Includes Polyprotodontia, Paucituberculata and Peramelina; see Kirsch, 1976, in Hunsaker, ed., The Biology of the Marsupials. See Kirsch and Calaby, 1977:10- 12, for a comparison of higher classifications of marsupials.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402000000000000.