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keepers answer for animals in captivity.", "master_systems": [ "National species and conservation status databases" ] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q25336: marsupial", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25336", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Marsupial", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupial", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "understand", "name": "Understand", "description": "What marsupials are.", "rationale": "Science.", "layers": [ { "id": "definition", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition and reproduction.", "findings": [ { "id": "definition-finding", "name": "Definition", "description": "Definition.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are marsupials, how does their reproduction work, and how do they differ from placentals and monotremes?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is the question about the group, a family, a species or conservation?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "groups", "name": "Groups", "description": "Groups.", "findings": [ { "id": "groups-finding", "name": "Groups", "description": "Groups.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are the major groups, from kangaroos and rat-kangaroos to marsupial mice and opossums, and what is a joey?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the specific group?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "biology", "name": "Biology", "description": "Biology and evolution.", "rationale": "Science.", "layers": [ { "id": "evolution", "name": "Evolution", "description": "Evolution.", "findings": [ { "id": "evolution-finding", "name": "Evolution", "description": "Evolution.", "questions": [ { "text": "How did marsupials evolve and spread between the Americas and Australia via Antarctica?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which references are standard?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "adaptations", "name": "Adaptations", "description": "Adaptations.", "findings": [ { "id": "adaptations-finding", "name": "Adaptations", "description": "Adaptations.", "questions": [ { "text": "What adaptations do marsupials show, from hopping to embryonic diapause?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which sources are cited?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "conservation", "name": "Conservation", "description": "Conservation.", "rationale": "Application.", "layers": [ { "id": "threats", "name": "Threats", "description": "Threats.", "findings": [ { "id": "threats-finding", "name": "Threats", "description": "Threats.", "questions": [ { "text": "Why have so many marsupials declined, and which are threatened?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits Australian mammal extinctions?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "protection", "name": "Protection", "description": "Protection.", "findings": [ { "id": "protection-finding", "name": "Protection", "description": "Protection.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are marsupials protected and recovered?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits wildlife conservation in Australia?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "context", "name": "Context", "description": "Culture and study.", "rationale": "Context.", "layers": [ { "id": "culture", "name": "Culture", "description": "Culture.", "findings": [ { "id": "culture-finding", "name": "Culture", "description": "Culture.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do marsupials figure in Aboriginal cultures and national symbols?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits kangaroo in culture?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "study", "name": "Study", "description": "Study.", "findings": [ { "id": "study-finding", "name": "Study", "description": "Study.", "questions": [ { "text": "How are marsupials studied, including as models in developmental biology?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits mammalogy?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should kangaroo, dasyurid and opossum be separate primary entries?", "How should zoological sources be linked?", "The registry entry has merged aliases naming a young stage and two groups; 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