Diprotodontia
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”) + πρῶτος (prôtos, “foremost, front”) + οδοντος (odontos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).
Proper noun
Diprotodontia
- A taxonomic order within the infraclass Metatheria – the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koalas, wombats, etc.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Tetrapoda - superclass; Mammalia - class; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort
Hyponyms
- (order): Macropodiformes, Phalangeriformes, Vombatiformes (suborders)
- Acrobatidae (feathertail glider and feathertail possum), Burramyidae (pygmy possums), Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat kangaroo), Macropodidae (kangaroos and wallabies), Petauridae (some possums), Phalangeridae (brushtail possums), Phascolarctidae (koala), Potoroidae (rat kangaroos), Pseudocheiridae (ringtailed possums), Tarsipedidae (honey possums), Vombatidae (wombat) (families)
- †Balbaridae, †Diprotodontidae, †Maradidae (extinct families)
- †Palorchestidae, †Thylacoleonidae, †Wynyardiidae (extinct families, incertae sedis)
References
- Diprotodontia on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Diprotodontia in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Marsupialia at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Diprotodontia at Encyclopedia of Life
- Diprotodontia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521
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