Marsupium

Japanese: 育児囊 - いくじのう(英語表記)marsupium
Marsupium
Kangaroos and koalas, symbols of Australia, are classified as part of a group called marsupials, which means animals with a baby pouch. In eutherians (placental animals), including humans, a fertilized egg is implanted in the mother's uterus at the blastocyst stage after a certain degree of development. Thereafter, the baby grows and develops while receiving nutrients and oxygen from the mother, and is born looking almost exactly like its parent. However, unlike the chorioallantoic placenta of eutherians, the placenta of marsupials is a less functional yolk sac placenta, so the fetus cannot develop sufficiently in the mother's uterus and is born in a very immature state.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
オーストラリアを象徴するカンガルーやコアラは分類学的には有袋類と称されるグループに含められるが,有袋類とは育児囊をもつ動物という意味である。われわれヒトをも含めた真獣類(有胎盤類)では,受精卵はある程度発生を進めた胚盤胞の段階で母親の子宮に着床する。以後,母体から栄養と酸素の供給を受けながら成長・発育し,子はほぼ親に近い形をとって出産される。しかし,有袋類の胎盤は真獣類の漿尿膜(しようにようまく)胎盤とは異なり,機能の劣る卵黄囊胎盤なので,胎児は母親の子宮の中で十分な発育を遂げることができず,非常に未熟な状態で分娩(ぶんべん)される。

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