<p>In most marsupials, only the females have a pouch. However, males of the water opossum and the extinct tasmanian tiger (or thylacine) also have a pouch. </p><p>The males of both the thylacine and water opposum used/use their pouch to keep their genitalia from getting entangled in vegetation.</p>

Do male marsupials have a pouch?

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        </div><p dir="ltr">In most marsupials, only the females have a pouch. However, males of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_opossum" dir="ltr">water opossum</a> and the extinct <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine" dir="ltr">tasmanian tiger (or thylacine)</a> also have a pouch.  The males of both the thylacine and water opposum used/use their pouch to keep their genitalia from getting entangled in vegetation.</p>

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<p>In most marsupials, only the females have a pouch. However, males of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_opossum">water opossum </a>and the extinct <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine">tasmanian tiger (or thylacine) </a>also have a pouch. The males of both the thylacine and water opposum used/use their pouch to keep their genitalia from getting entangled in vegetation. </p>

Do male marsupials have a pouch?

Do male marsupials have a pouch?

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