It, in turn, is borrowed from Latin and ultimately from the ancient Greek μάρσιππος , meaning "pouch". ==Taxonomy== Marsupials are taxonomically identified as members of mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, first described as a family under the order Pollicata by German zoologist Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger in his 1811 work Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium.
In 1816, French zoologist George Cuvier classified all marsupials under the order Marsupialia.
In 1997, researcher J.
Molecular analyses in 2010 and 2011 identified Microbiotheria as the sister group to all Australian marsupials.
Molecular analyses in 2010 and 2011 identified Microbiotheria as the sister group to all Australian marsupials.
The cladogram below, depicting the relationships among the various marsupial orders, is based on a 2015 phylogenetic study. DNA evidence supports a South American origin for marsupials, with Australian marsupials arising from a single Gondwanan migration of marsupials from South America, across Antarctica, to Australia.
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