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1. Macropodidae

   Linked via "embryonic diapause"

   Reproduction and Development
   Macropodids exhibit a specialized reproductive strategy known as embryonic diapause. The female typically carries one young, or "joey," at a time. Following the very brief gestation period (often less than 30 days), the underdeveloped neonate, which can measure less than 2 cm, crawls unaided into the mother's pouch (marsupium).
   Within the pouch, the joey attaches to a teat and remains there for several months. The mother can simultaneously nurture a joey in the pouch, an older, recently emerged but still suckling young-at-foo…