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[[Image:Kangaroo-bree.png|right|Eastern Gray Kangaroo (''Macropus giganteus'')]]

[[Image:Kangaroo-bree.png|right|Eastern Gray Kangaroo (''Macropus giganteus'')]]

Marsupials are mammals having a pouch (known as the marsupium, from which the name 'Marsupial' derives) in females.  The pouch is used to rear its young.

'''Marsupials''' are mammals having a pouch (known as the marsupium, from which the name 'Marsupial' derives) in females.  The pouch is used to rear its young.

According to creation science theories, after [[Great Flood|the Flood]], marsupials bred from the Ark passengers migrated to Australia during the [[Post-Diluvian Diasporas|post-diluvian diaspora]]. There is debate whether this migration happened over land<ref name="ca1">[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c006.html "How did animals get from the Ark to isolated places, such as Australia?"], ChristianAnswers.net.</ref> -- as Australia was still for a time connected to Europe by a land bridge similar to the one that connected Asia to America<ref>[http://biblicalstudies.qldwide.net.au/cs-kangaroos_dinosaurs_and_eden.html "Kangaroos, Dinosaurs, and Eden"], Ken Ham.</ref> -- or if they [[rafting (ecology) | rafted]] on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.<ref name="ca1"/>  However, if these theories are correct it is not clear why no marsupials remained in the Middle East or Europe, and instead all decided to migrate to Australia and South America.

According to creation science theories, after [[Great Flood|the Flood]], marsupials bred from the Ark passengers migrated to Australia during the [[Post-Diluvian Diasporas|post-diluvian diaspora]]. There is debate whether this migration happened over land<ref name="ca1">[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c006.html "How did animals get from the Ark to isolated places, such as Australia?"], ChristianAnswers.net.</ref> -- as Australia was still for a time connected to Europe by a land bridge similar to the one that connected Asia to America<ref>[http://biblicalstudies.qldwide.net.au/cs-kangaroos_dinosaurs_and_eden.html "Kangaroos, Dinosaurs, and Eden"], Ken Ham.</ref> -- or if they [[rafting (ecology) | rafted]] on mats of vegetation torn up by the receding flood waters.<ref name="ca1"/>  However, if these theories are correct it is not clear why no marsupials remained in the Middle East or Europe, and instead all decided to migrate to Australia and South America.