| Diprotodontia Temporal range: Oligocene – Recent | |
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| A diprotodont, the agile wallaby (Macropus agilis) | |
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| Order: | Diprotodontia Owen, 1866 |
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The Diprotodontia is a large order of about 120 Australasian marsupial mammals. It includes the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, and many others.
Extinct members include the giant Diprotodon family, and Thylacoleo, the so-called "marsupial lion".
Classification
[change | change source]Order DIPROTODONTIA
- Family †Thylacoleonidae (marsupial lions)
- Suborder Vombatiformes
- Family Phascolarctidae: Koala (1 species)
- Family Vombatidae: wombats (3 species)
- Family †Diprotodontidae
- Suborder Phalangeriformes
- Superfamily Phalangeroidea
- Family Phalangeridae: brushtail possums and cuscuses
- Family Burramyidae: pygmy possums
- Superfamily Petauroida
- Family Tarsipedidae: Honey possum
- Family Petauridae (Striped possum, Leadbeater's possum, Yellow-bellied Glider, Sugar glider, Mahogany glider, Squirrel glider)
- Family Pseudocheiridae: ringtailed possums and allies
- Family Acrobatidae: (Feathertail glider and Feather-tailed possum)
- Superfamily Phalangeroidea
- Suborder Macropodiformes
- Family Macropodidae: kangaroos, wallabies and allies
- Family Potoroidae: bettongs, potaroos and rat-kangaroos
- Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: Musky rat-kangaroo
† means extinct family, genus or species.
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