Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 55037

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Parent taxon: Macropodidae according to G. J. Prideaux 2004

Sister taxa: Cookeroo, Dorcopsoides, Ganguroo, Lagostrophinae, Leptosiagon, Nambarinae, Pachysiagon, Palorchestes, Rhizosthenurus, Synaptodon, Triclis, Troposodon, Acrobata

Subtaxa: Baringa, Bohra, Congruus, Dendrolagini, Dendrolagus, Dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus, Halmaturus odin, Kurrabi, Lagorchestes, Macropus, Macropus affinis, Macropus piltonensis, Onychogalea, Osphranter gouldi, Peradorcas, Prionotemnus, Protemnodon, Setonix, Silvaroo, Thylogale, Wallabia, Watutia

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Type: Macropus

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore