有袋目

yǒudàimù

noun

Meanings

1 Marsupialia (the order of pouched mammals, in older taxonomy)

Characters

order (taxonomic); eye

Examples

袋鼠、考拉和袋熊都属于有袋目。

Dàishǔ, kǎolā hé dàixióng dōu shǔyú yǒudài mù.

Kangaroos, koalas and wombats all belong to the Marsupialia.

有袋目动物主要分布在澳大利亚和美洲。

Yǒudài mù dòngwù zhǔyào fēnbù zài Àodàlìyà hé Měizhōu.

Marsupials are mainly distributed in Australia and the Americas.

Tips

usage

Older Chinese textbooks treat marsupials as a single 目 (order), but modern taxonomy divides them into seven orders grouped in the infraclass 后兽下纲 / Marsupialia. 有袋目 is still common in popular science and secondary-school biology.

Stroke Order

有 yǒu

袋 dài

目 mù