Hypsiprymnodontidae
The Hypsiprymnodontidae /ˌhɪpsɪˌprɪmnoʊdɒnˈtaɪdiː/ are a family of macropods, one of two families containing animals commonly referred to as rat-kangaroos. The single known extant genus and species in this family, the musky rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, occurs in northern Australia. During the Pleistocene, this family included the megafauna genus Propleopus.
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| Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Macropodiformes |
| Family: | Hypsiprymnodontidae Collett, 1877 |
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Classification
- Family Hypsiprymnodontidae[1]
- Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
- Genus Hypsiprymnodon
- Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, musky rat-kangaroo
- †Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii
- †Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri
- †Hypsiprymnodon dennisi
- †Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae
- Genus Hypsiprymnodon
- Subfamily †Propleopinae Archer and Flannery, 1985
- Genus †Ekaltadeta
- Genus †Propleopus
- †Propleopus oscillans
- †Propleopus chillagoensis
- †Propleopus wellingtonensis
- Genus †Jackmahoneyi
- †Jackmahoneyi toxoniensis
- Genus †Brachalletes
- †Brachalletes palmeri
- Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
References
- Bates, H.; Travouillon, K. J.; Cooke, B.; Beck, R. M. D.; Hand, S. J.; Archer, M. (1 March 2014). "Three new Miocene species of musky rat-kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and paleoecology". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (2): 383–396. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.812098. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86139768.
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