The characteristics of Metatheria are given below:

1. Marsupium is preseent in females.

2. Mammary glands are developed. Marsypial bone is present.

3. Corcoid and Interelative are absent.

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4. Epiphyses on vertebrae present.

5. Corapus callosum is poorly developed.

6. Vagina and uterus are double.

7. Placenta is absent.

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8. Viviparous.

9. Marsypial bone is present.