Question

The pouch in which a Kangaroo mother keeps her young baby is called
A. External placenta
B. Uterus
C. Marsupium
D. Cloaca

Answer 1

Hint: Kangaroos are the mammals that belong to a group called marsupials. The female partners belonging to this special group of mammals generally carry their prematurely-born baby in a special pouch for further developments of their babies for a certain time period.

Complete answer:
In female marsupial mammals, the special pouch formed by a fold of skin and found hanging on the external side of the abdominal wall is usually known as marsupium. Most marsupial mothers have the mammary glands enclosed within this pouch. The main function of marsupium is to protect the eggs, offspring, or the reproductive structures of an organism. A baby kangaroo is popularly called joey, and often has a quite small size at the time of its birth. The young one normally lives inside this pouch until it becomes old enough to emerge.

The correct answer is option C, stating “marsupium”.

Additional information:
These marsupials have different species, which are generally found in Australia. The kangaroos are identified by their large feet, strong back legs, muscular tails, long pointed ears, and short fur. Their forelimbs are not much stronger and larger as compared to that of their hind limbs. Kangaroos mostly eat flowers, leaves, grasses, ferns and moss. Thus, they are regarded as herbivores.

Note:
The gestation period varies from 28 to 38 days in case of kangaroo. However, the mother kangaroo can give birth to more than one offspring. This is generally an unusual event. The joeys are protected in the special abdominal pouch since birth, and fed by nursing from the nipples of its mother.