Chennai Super Kings

Coach: Captain:

Stephen Fleming Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings (Tamil: ; often abbreviated as CSK) is a franchise cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that plays in the Indian Premier League. Founded in 2008, the team is currently captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni and coached by Stephen Fleming. The team's home ground is the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (often referred to as Chepauk). Chennai Super Kings are arguably the most successful Indian franchise cricket team, having won the Indian Premier League twice and reached the play-offs every season, becoming the only team to achieve both feats. The team won the tournament in succession (2010 and 2011) and are the only Indian team to have won the Champions League Twenty20. The leading run-scorer of the side is Suresh Raina,[1] while the leading wicket-taker is Albie Morkel.[2] The brand value of Chennai Super Kings is estimated at USD 70.16 million, making them the most valuable franchise.[3]

Founded: Home ground: Capacity: Indian Premier League wins: Champions League T20 wins: Official website:

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[edit] History
The Chennai Super Kings are a part of the Indian Premier League, made up of 10 teams. It's the most successful and consistent team in IPL history. The franchise is currently owned by India Cements, who paid US$91 million to acquire the rights to the franchise for 10 years in 2008.[4] N. Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd., is the de facto owner of the Chennai Super Kings, by means of his position within the company. He is also the Secretary of the BCCI. Krishnamachari Srikkanth, former captain of the Indian cricket team and the current chairman of the National Selection Committee, was the brand ambassador for the franchise till the end of season 3 when his 3-year contract got over, and former Indian opener V. B. Chandrasekhar is the Chief Selector. To gather more support from local fans, actor Vijay and actress Nayantara were also appointed as ambassadors. Nayantara was later removed because she could not attend matches. Vijay served as the brand Ambassador till the end of the 2009 season and has been removed after that.

[edit] 2008 season

Chennai Super Kings playing the Kolkata Knight Riders at the M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium in the 2008 Indian Premier League. During the first player auctions for the inaugural IPL season, conducted in January 2008, the Chennai team was able to buy a number of contemporary star cricketers such as Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey. The Super Kings had a solid start to the tournament by winning their first game against Kings XI Punjab scoring 240/5 which was the highest total of the tournament, a record surpassed by themselves in 2010.[5] The Super Kings also won their next three games against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore. But their winning run in the tournament took a hit when their overseas stars Matthew Hayden, Michael Hussey and Jacob Oram had to leave for national duties. Their departure immediately affected their performance as the Super Kings who had won their first four games lost their next three games. The batting, although inconsistent, eventually adjusted to the losses of Hayden and Hussey with contributions from Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina and Albie Morkel. The Super Kings despite having a roller-coaster ride in the second half managed to ensure a semi-final slot by beating the Deccan Chargers in their last league fixture.[6] The side had finished third at the league table with 16 points. The Chennai Super Kings played their first semi-final against the Kings XI Punjab whom they managed to defeat by 9 wickets, thus entering the final,[7] which they lost to Rajasthan Royals by three wickets off the last ball.[8]

[edit] 2009 season

Main article: 2009 Indian Premier League The Super Kings brought English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff for $1.55 million making him the highest-paid IPL cricketer along with Kevin Pietersen of Royal Challengers Bangalore. Apart from Flintoff the Chennai Super Kings also brought Thilan Thushara, George Bailey, Murali Vijay and Shadab Jakati. The Chennai Super Kings were defeated in their first game of the tournament by the Mumbai Indians.[9] But they immediately bounced back by beating the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their next game. The Super Kings however lost against the Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers with an abandoned game in between. But the Chennai Super Kings went on to win their next 5 consecutive games to get 13 points from 10 games. The Super Kings despite losing to Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders assured themselves a semi-final berth by beating the Mumbai Indians and the Kings XI Punjab.[10] The Super Kings finished with 17 points and earned a second place at the league table. However at the semi-finals the Super Kings' hope of entering the final for a second time was crushed by the resurgent Royal Challengers who proceeded to play the final against the Deccan Chargers.[11]

[edit] 2010 season

Main article: 2010 Indian Premier League The Super Kings added Justin Kemp and Thissara Perera to their roster, one filling an empty slot while the other shall serve as a substitute to Andrew Flintoff, who has planned to skip that season. The Super Kings also roped in former ICL cricketer Hemang Badani and local allrounder Ganapathy. The Super Kings started their tournament against the defending champions, Deccan Chargers, which they lost by 31 runs. But they bounced back into the top 4 by beating the Kolkata Knight

Riders and Delhi Daredevils. However the side witnessed a heap of defeats in their next 4 games terribly endangering their chances to the semi-finals. But the Chennai Super Kings made a decent comeback by winning their eighth and ninth games against the Royal Challengers and Rajasthan Royals with the help of two superb batting performances from Murali Vijay. His performance was supplemented by the arrival of Doug Bollinger who boosted the team's bowling attack significantly.[12] The Super Kings managed to win 5 of the matches played in the latter half of the season thanks to the superb bowling performance of Ravichandran Ashwin, boosting their Net Run Rate, and allowed them to qualify for the semi-finals as three other teams were tied on the same number of points.[13] The Super Kings defeated the Deccan Chargers at the semi-final to qualify for their second IPL final.[14] The win also assured them a place in the Champions League Twenty20. At the IPL final the Chennai Super Kings played the Mumbai Indians and won by 22 runs to crown themselves the Champions of the tournament.[15]

[edit] 2011 Season

Main article: 2011 Indian Premier League The Chennai Super Kings have retained 4 players for the 2011 Indian Premier League which include MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay and Albie Morkel.[16] On January 8, 2011, the Chennai Super Kings bought Doug Bollinger, Michael Hussey, Ravichandran Ashwin, Dwayne Bravo, Wriddhiman Saha, George Bailey, Nuwan Kulasekara, Sudeep Tyagi, Suraj Randiv, Ben Hilfenhaus and Francois du Plessis in the IPL Player Auction for the fourth edition, looking to retain the same core team that performed for them from 2008 to 2010.[17] Also after the World Cup,Chennai Super Kings signed New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee as a replacement to the injured Ben Hilfenhaus after his stellar 18 wicket tournament. The Super Kings started their IPL 2011 campaign with a thrilling win against Kolkata Knight Riders in Chennai by just 2 runs but lost their next game to the Kings XI Punjab after a stellar innings by Paul Valthaty.Michael Hussey's unbeaten 83 helped them to defeat the Royal Challengers Bangalore before losing to the Kochi Tuskers Kerala in a rain affected match at the latter's home ground. This match was followed by another thriller against Mumbai Indians in which the latter took the game away with a brilliant bowling and fielding display.But they won their next two matches against Pune Warriors India both,home and away.Marking their fourth win in the series thanks to a brilliant spell of 321 by man of the match Doug Bollinger and a match winning partnership between Subramaniam Badrinath and Suresh Raina.They had their third straight win against the Deccan Chargers , thanks to the all-rounded effort by Albie Morkel taking three crucial wickets for 38 and scoring 19 of just 6 deliveries at a Strike rate of 317.[18] They had their fifth straight home victory against the Rajasthan Royals.Chasing a modest target of 148 , Michael Hussey striking again with the bat scoring 79* off just 55 balls taking his side to a comfortable 8-wicket win against the royals.[19] This was followed by a defeat to the Kolkata Knight Riders in a rain-affected match at the Eden Gardens.Then two days later,the batting came good in a crucial game against the Rajasthan Royals which they won comprehensively by 63 runs.The Chennai Super Kings extended their home record by defeating the Delhi Daredevils and moving to the top of the table.[20] The Super Kings played their last home game against the Kochi Tuskers Kerala which they won by eleven runs.With this win The Super Kings created a new record in the history of the Indian Premier League by winning all matches played at their home venue which no other team has previously achieved.[21] They finished second in the points table despite their loss to the Royal Challengers Bangalore in their final league game.[22] They won against RCB in the first Qualifier thus making it straight to the Finals. This was the 3rd time in 4

seasons that they have entered the finals in the IPL tournament.[23] They met the Royal Challengers Bangalore at the final where they won very comfortably and crowned champions for the second time in the tournament and become the first team to win at home. Murali Vijay was declared the Man of the Match for his match-winning innings that helped Chennai to post a big total.

[edit] Champions League Twenty20

Main article: Twenty20 Champions League The Twenty20 Champions League is an international Twenty20 cricket competition between clubs from India, Australia, England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. The competition was launched in 2008 as a response to the success of national Twenty20 domestic cricket leagues, most notably the Indian Premier League.

[edit] 2008 season

Main article: 2008 Champions League Twenty20 The Super Kings being the runners-up of the IPL were among the first sides to secure a berth for the event. However the tournament was cancelled due to 2008 Mumbai Attacks and Chennai Super Kings along with Rajasthan Royals received $1.3 million as compensation.

[edit] 2009 season

Main article: 2009 Champions League Twenty20 The Chennai Super Kings did not qualify for the 2009 Champions League Twenty20 as they could not make it to the final in the 2009 Indian Premier League. The top 3 sides, Deccan Chargers, Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils qualified for the league.[24]

[edit] 2010 season

Main article: 2010 Champions League Twenty20 On account of emerging as the Champions of the 2010 Indian Premier League, the Super Kings along with the Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers made it to the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 that was held in South Africa. They topped Group A with 6 points (3 Wins and 1 Loss due to super-over.) to qualify for the semi-finals where they had to face Royal Challengers at Kingsmead, Durban. After a comprehensive victory of 52 runs by (D/L) method against the Challengers,[25] The Super Kings played their first CLT20 final at Johannesburg. They won against the Chevrolet Warriors by 8 wickets becoming the first IPL side to win the CLT20.[26] Murali Vijay won the golden bat for scoring the maximum runs in the tournament and Ravichandran Ashwin was the leading wicket taker and he was awarded the man of the series.

[edit] 2011 season

Main article: 2011 Champions League Twenty20 The Chennai Super Kings finishing as the champions of the 2011 Indian Premier League, has qualified for the 2011 Champions League Twenty20.They have previously qualified for the 2008

Season which was subsequently cancelled and also the 2010 Season which they went on to become the champions.

[edit] Cricket academy in Chennai

Former Chennai Super Kings' opener and 2009 Orange Cap-holder, Matthew Hayden has planned to set up a youth academy in Chennai and wants to take the help of Rahul Dravid and his Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming in the venture.[27] Hayden said he had decided to give back to the city where he had practiced playing on turning tracks ten years ago on Australia's 200001 tour to India."About a decade back, when I came here to practise on turning tracks, I told myself standing in an empty Chepauk stadium that I would score a century for Australia one day," Hayden told the Times of India. "I did that, and now this is a way of giving something back to the city from where I have got so much."[27]

[edit] Financial worth

The Economic Times commissioned UK-based Brand Finance to carry out brand evaluation of the IPL and also each of the eight franchise teams (that will increase to 10 in 2011). Chennai Super Kings has been rated as 20102011 most valuable team in Indian Premier League cricket, with a brand value of US$48.4 million (app 224 crores).[28] which is 2.4 million more than Kolkata Knight Riders, whose brand value stood at $46 million.

[edit] New stadium

A new stadium is to be built at a Chennai suburb in addition to the famous Chepauk Ground located in the heart of the city. The new stadium will be located at Karunkuzhipallam which is 25 km from Chennai, on a 50-acre (200,000 m2) plot of land on the IT corridor, The stadium is being built as the current lease of the Chepauk stadium expires in 2015. The new stadium is expected to cost over 100 crore.[29]

[edit] Retaining the former players

Chennai Super Kings celebrating in front of their home supporters after successfully defending the title at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. The Chennai Super Kings reiterated their desire to retain their championship status in the IPL Season 4. Mr Gurunath Meiyappan, owner of Chennai Super Kings, said that that they have been one of the most consistent sides in the IPL so far. Hence, their focus were on the basics. He also added that the team doesn't need any major changes. They had tremendous faith on their players and their inspirational captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, and wished the team to scale bigger heights. The fourth season of the hugely successful IPL tournament was held from April 8 to May 28. Over the past four seasons, the Chennai Super Kings have emerged as the most consistent team in the competition. In 2008, they finished runners-up, in 2009 as semi-finalists and lifted the trophy as champions in 2010 in addition to winning the Champions League in South Africa. Coming close on the heels of the ICC World Cup, the fourth season of the IPL witnessed heightened excitement. And again, the Chennai Super Kings finished as the Champions of the tournament at the Chepauk Stadium in front of their home fans. [30]

[edit] Comic book series on Super kings

The Chennai Super Kings have been constantly evolving and innovating on several fronts. The captain, Dhoni will be figuring in a fresh initiative along with his team mates from the Chennai Super Kings in a comic book series specifically targeting the teams young fans. The book will contain 40 pages and is priced at Rs 40 each with an initial print run of 40,000 copies. The book will hit the stands coinciding with the start of the Indian Premier League-4 season.Mumbai-based advertising company Cartwheel Creative Consultancy Pvt. Ltd is writing the script and producing the series. It has tied up with India Book House for nationwide distribution of the comics.[30]

[edit] Awards and honours

2008 Indian Premier League

Runners-Up Of 2008 Indian Premier League Fair Play Awards Winner[31] Qualified for the 2008 Champions League Twenty20 Most Expensive Player Of The Tournament (Mahendra Singh Dhoni)[32] Highest Total Of The Tournament (240/5) 2nd Tournament Centurion (Michael Hussey) 1st Tournament hat-trick (Lakshmipathy Balaji) 3rd Tournament hat-trick (Makhaya Ntini) Semi-finalists Of 2009 Indian Premier League Most Expensive Player Of The Tournament (Andrew Flintoff)[33] Orange Cap Player Of The Tournament (Matthew Hayden) Champions of the 2010 Indian Premier League Fair Play Awards Winner[34] Qualified for the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 Highest Total Of The Tournament (246/5) Murali Vijay unbeaten 127 runs IPL Awards : Best Fielder (Suresh Raina)[35] IPL Awards : Most Economical Bowler (Ravichandran Ashwin)[36] Champions of the User Rating:

2009 Indian Premier League

2010 Indian Premier League

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I wish I could take a quiet corner in the heart of my baby's very own world. I know it has stars that talk to him, and a sky that stoops down to his face to amuse him with its silly clouds and rainbows.

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If baby only wanted to, he could fly up to heaven this moment. It is not for nothing that he does not leave us. He loves to rest his head on mother's bosom, and cannot ever bear to lose sight of her. Baby know all manner of wise words, though few on earth can understand their meaning. It is not for nothing that he never wants to speak. The one thing he wants is to learn mother's words from mother's lips. That is why he looks so innocent. Baby had a heap of gold and pearls, yet he came like a beggar on to this earth. It is not for nothing he came in such a disguise. This dear little naked mendicant pretends to be utterly helpless, so that he may beg for mother's wealth of love. Baby was so free from every tie in the land of the tiny crescent moon. It was not for nothing he gave up his freedom. He knows that there is room for endless joy in mother's little corner of a heart, and it is sweeter far than liberty to be caught and pressed in her dear arms. Baby never knew how to cry. He dwelt in the land of perfect bliss. It is not for nothing he has chosen to shed tears. Though with the smile of his dear face he draws mother's yearning heart to him, yet his little cries over tiny troubles weave the double bond of pity and love.

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Marsupial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article is about mammals. For frogs, see Marsupial frog. Marsupials[1][2]
Temporal range: Early CretaceousRecent Pre O S D C P T J K
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Female Eastern Grey Kangaroo with a joey in her pouch

Scientific classification Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Subclass: Animalia Chordata Mammalia Theria Marsupialia
Illiger, 1811

Infraclass:

Orders Didelphimorphia

Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Sparassodonta Yalkaparidontia

Present day distribution of marsupials.

Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with thirteen in Central America, and one in North America north of Mexico.

Contents
[hide] 1 History 2 Description 2.1 Early development 2.2 Reproductive system

3 Taxonomy 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] History
See also: Evolution of mammals

Isolated petrosals of Djarthia murgonensis, Australia's oldest marsupial fossils[3] Dentition of an Eastern grey kangaroo, as illustrated in Knight's Sketches in Natural History

The relationships between the three extant divisions of mammals, monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals, was long a matter of debate among taxonomists.[4] Most morphological evidence comparing traits such as number and arrangement of teeth and structure of the reproductive and waste elimination systems favors a closer evolutionary relationship between marsupials and placental mammals than either with the monotremes. Most genetic and molecular evidence also supports grouping marsupials and placental mammals as a single clade, subclass Theria.[5] Marsupials and placental mammals split from the monotremes during the Cretaceous Period.[6] In the absence of soft tissues, such as the pouch and reproductive system, fossil marsupials can be distinguished from placentals by the form of their teeth; primitive marsupials possess four pairs of molar teeth in each jaw, whereas placental mammals never have more than three pairs.[7] Using this criterion, the earliest known marsupial is Sinodelphys szalayi, which lived in China around 125 million years ago (mya).[8][9][10] This makes it almost contemporary to the earliest eutherian fossils, which have been found in the same area.[10][11] The oldest metatherian fossils (Metatheria being a larger clade that groups marsupials with some of their extinct relatives) are found in present-day China,[12] and there are a few species of marsupials presently living in Indonesia as far west as Sulawesi, which is sometimes considered to be in an Asian ecozone.[13] However, these modern marsupials appear to be have reached the islands relatively recently via Australia. About 100 mya, the supercontinent Pangaea was in the process of splitting into the northern continent Laurasia and the southern continent Gondwana, with what would become China and Australia already separated by the Tethys Ocean. Marsupials spread westward into modern North America (still attached to Eurasia) and then to South America, which was connected to North America until around 65 mya. Laurasian marsupials eventually died off, possibly due to competition from placental mammals for their ecological niches. In South America, the opossums retained a strong presence, and the Tertiary saw

the evolution of shrew opossums (Paucituberculata) and metatherian predators such as the borhyaenids and the saber-toothed Thylacosmilus. South American niches for mammalian carnivores were dominated by these marsupial and sparassodont metatherians. While placental predators were absent, the metatherians did have to contend with avian (terror bird) and terrestrial crocodilian competition. South America and Antarctica remained connected until 35 mya, as shown by the unique fossils found there. North and South America remained disjointed until about three million years ago, when the Isthmus of Panama formed. This led to the Great American Interchange. Competition from placental mammals from the north drove sparassodonts to extinction, while didelphimorphs (opossums) invaded Central America, with the Virginia opossum reaching as far north as Canada. Marsupials reached Australia via Antarctica about 50 mya, shortly after Australia had split off. This suggests a single dispersion event of just one species, most likely a relative to South America's monito del monte (a microbiothere, the only New World australidelphian). This progenitor may have rafted across the widening, but still narrow, gap between Australia and Antarctica. In Australia, they radiated into the wide variety we see today, island hopping some way through the Indonesian archipelago.[14][15][16] A 2010 analysis of retrotransposon insertion sites in the nuclear DNA of a variety of marsupials has confirmed all living marsupials have South American ancestors. The branching sequence of marsupial orders indicated by the study puts Didelphimorphia in the most basal position, followed by Paucituberculata, then Microbiotheria, and ending with the radiation of Australian marsupials. This indicates that Australidelphia arose in South America, and reached Australia after Microbiotheria split off.[17][18] In Australia, terrestrial placental mammals disappeared early in the Cenozoic (their most recent known fossils being 55 million year old teeth resembling those of condylarths) for reasons that are not clear, allowing marsupials to dominate the Australian ecosystem.[14] Extant native Australian terrestrial placental mammals (such as hopping mice) are relatively recent immigrants, arriving via island hopping from southeast Asia.[15]

[edit] Description

Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)

[edit] Early development

An infant marsupial is known as a joey. Marsupials have an extremely short gestation period (about 45 weeks), and the joey is 'born' essentially in a fetal state. The blind, furless, miniature newborn, the size of a jelly bean, crawls across its mother's fur to make its way into the pouch, where it latches onto a teat for food. It will not re-emerge for several months, during which time it develops fully. After this period, the joey begins to spend increasing lengths of time out of the pouch, feeding and learning survival skills. However, it returns to the pouch to sleep, and if danger threatens it will seek refuge in its mother's pouch for safety. Joeys stay in the pouch for up to a year in some species, or until the next joey is born. A marsupial joey is unable to regulate its own body temperature, and thus relies upon an external heat source. Until the joey is well-furred and old enough to leave the pouch, a pouch temperature between 30-32 Celsius must be constantly maintained. An early birth removes a developing marsupial from its parent's body much sooner than in placental mammals, and thus marsupials have not developed a complex placenta to protect the embryo from its mother's immune system. Though early birth places the tiny newborn marsupial at a greater environmental risk, it significantly reduces the dangers associated with long pregnancies, as there is no need to carry a large fetus to full-term in bad seasons. Because newborn marsupials must climb up to their mother's nipples, their front limbs are much more developed than the rest of the body at the time of birth. It is possible that this requirement has resulted in the limited range of locomotor adaptations in marsupials compared to placentals. Marsupials must develop a grasping forepaw during their early youth, making the transition from this limb into a hoof, wing, or flipper, as some groups of placental mammals have done, far more difficult. Some common structural features can be found among marsupials. Ossified patellae are absent. Marsupials (and also monotremes) also lack a gross communication (corpus callosum) between the right and left brain hemisphere.[19]

[edit] Reproductive system

Marsupials' reproductive systems differ markedly from those of placental mammals (Placentalia). Females have two lateral vaginas, which lead to separate uteri but both open externally through the same orifice. A third canal, the median vagina, is used for birth. This canal can be transitory or permanent.[19] The males generally have a two-pronged penis, which corresponds to the females' two vaginas.[20] The penis is used only for discharging semen into females, and there is instead a urogenital sac used to store waste before expulsion. Pregnant females develop a kind of yolk sac in their wombs, which delivers nutrients to the embryo. Marsupials give birth at a very early stage of development (about 45 weeks); after birth, newborn marsupials crawl up the bodies of their mothers and attach themselves to a nipple, which is located on the underside of the mother either inside a pouch called the marsupium or open to the environment. To crawl to the nipple and attach to it, the marsupial must have well developed forelimbs and facial structures.[21][22] This is accomplished by accelerating forelimb

and facial development in marsupials compared to placental mammals. As a result, there is decelerated development of such structures as the hindlimb and brain. There they remain for a number of weeks, attached to the nipple. The offspring are eventually able to leave the marsupium for short periods, returning to it for warmth, protection and nourishment.

[edit] Taxonomy

Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)

Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)

Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), the only North American marsupial north of Mexico.

Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus), an extinct carnivorous marsupial found in Tasmania until the 1930s

Taxonomically, there are two primary divisions of Marsupialia: American marsupials and the Australian marsupials.[1][2] The Order Microbiotheria (which has only one species, the monito del monte) is found in South America, but is believed to be more closely related to the Australian marsupials. There are many small arboreal species in each group. The term opossums is properly used to refer to the American species (though possum is a common diminutive), while similar Australian species are properly called possums.
Order Sparassodonta (formerly viewed as marsupials, now as a sister group of metatherians) Order Didelphimorphia (93 species) Family Didelphidae: opossums Family Caenolestidae: shrew opossums Order Paucituberculata (6 species)

Superorder Ameridelphia

Superorder Australidelphia Order Microbiotheria (1 species) Family Microbiotheriidae: monito del monte Order Yalkaparidontia Order Dasyuromorphia (71 species) Family Thylacinidae: thylacine Family Dasyuridae: antechinuses, quolls, dunnarts, Tasmanian devil, and relatives

Family Myrmecobiidae: numbat Family Thylacomyidae: bilbies Family Chaeropodidae: pig-footed bandicoot Family Peramelidae: bandicoots and allies Family Notoryctidae: marsupial moles Family Phascolarctidae: koala Family Vombatidae: wombats Family Diprotodontidae: diprotodon Family Phalangeridae: brushtail possums and cuscuses Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums Family Tarsipedidae: honey possum Family Petauridae: striped possum, Leadbeater's possum, yellow-bellied glider, sugar glider, mahogany glider, squirrel glider Family Pseudocheiridae: ringtailed possums and relatives Family Potoridae: potoroos, rat kangaroos, bettongs Family Acrobatidae: feathertail glider and feathertailed possum Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: musky rat-kangaroo Family Macropodidae: kangaroos, wallabies, and relatives Family Thylacoleonidae: marsupial lions

Order Peramelemorphia (24 species)

Order Notoryctemorphia (2 species) Order Diprotodontia (137 species)

indicates extinction

[edit] See also

Metatheria

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata (unranked) Amniota

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Monotremata (Platypus and echidnas)

AmeridelpPaucituberculata (Shrew opossums) hiaDidelphimorphia (Opossums) Metatheria

(Marsupial inclusive)

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Cingulata (Armadillos) Pilosa Xenarthra

(Anteaters and sloths)

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manatees)

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