Biology

Eutheria

Term: eutheria

Origin: Anc Greek

??- / eu-(=prefix that meaning "well, good, easy, right)

+ ?????/theria(=beast, wild animal) > ????/thera(=prey)

literally meaning ?good beasts?

Coined

Eutheria was introduced by English Biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825 ?1895) in 1880.

Definition:

Eutheria is a subclass of mammals that includes all placental mammals except monotremes and marsupials.

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