Macropodiformes

	Macropodiformes The Macropodiformes , also known as macropods, are one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. They may in fact be nested within one of the suborders, Phalangeriformes. Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potoroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder. Classification * Superfamily Macropodoidea Family †Balbaridae: (basal quadrupedal kangaroos) * Genus †''Galanarla'' * Genus †''Nambaroo'' * Genus †'' Wururoo'' * Genus †''Ganawamaya'' * Genus †'' Balbaroo'' Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: (musky rat-kangaroo) * Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae ** Genus ''Hypsiprymnodon'' *Musky rat-kangaroo, ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'' *†''Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii'' *†''Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri'' *†''Hypsiprymnodon dennisi'' *†''Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae'' * Subfamily † Propleopinae ** Genus †''Ekaltadeta'' *†'' Ekaltadeta ima'' *†'' Ekaltadeta jamiemulveneyi' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Diprotodontia Diprotodontia (, from Greek language, Greek "two forward teeth") is the largest extant order (biology), order of marsupials, with about 155 species, including the kangaroos, Wallaby, wallabies, Phalangeriformes, possums, koala, wombats, and many others. Extinct diprotodonts include the hippopotamus-sized ''Diprotodon'', and ''Thylacoleo'', the so-called "marsupial lion". Characteristics Living diprotodonts are almost all herbivores, as were most of those that are now extinct. A few insectivore, insectivorous and omnivore, omnivorous diprotodonts are known, and the Potoridae are almost unique among vertebrates in being largely Fungivore, fungivorous, but these seem to have arisen as relatively recent adaptations from the mainstream herbivorous lifestyle. The extinct Thylacoleonidae, thylacoleonids ("marsupial lions") are the only known group to have exhibited Carnivore, carnivory on a large scale. Diprotodonts are restricted to Australasia. The earliest known fossils date to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Phalangeriformes Phalangeriformes is a paraphyletic suborder of about 70 species of small to medium-sized arboreal marsupials native to Australia, New Guinea, and Sulawesi. The species are commonly known as possums, gliders, and cuscus. The common name "possum" for various Phalangeriformes species derives from the creatures' resemblance to the opossums of the Americas (the term comes from Powhatan language ''aposoum'' "white animal", from Proto-Algonquian ''wa·p-aʔɬemwa'' "white dog"). However, although opossums are also marsupials, Australasian possums are more closely related to other Australasian marsupials such as kangaroos. Phalangeriformes are quadrupedal diprotodont marsupials with long tails. The smallest species, indeed the smallest diprotodont marsupial, is the Tasmanian pygmy possum, with an adult head-body length of and a weight of . The largest are the two species of bear cuscus, which may exceed . Phalangeriformes species are typically nocturnal and at least partially arbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Macropodidae Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups. These genera are allied to the suborder Macropodiformes, containing other macropods, and are native to the Australian continent (the mainland and Tasmania), New Guinea and nearby islands. Description Although omnivorous kangaroos lived in the past, modern macropods are herbivorous. Some are browsers, but most are grazers and are equipped with appropriately specialised teeth for cropping and grinding up fibrous plants, in particular grasses and sedges. In general, macropods have a broad, straight row of cutting teeth at the front of the mouth, no canine teeth, and a gap before the molars. The molars are large and, unusually, do not appear all at once but a pair at a time at the back of the mouth as the animal ages, eventually becoming worn down by the tough, abrasive grasses and falling out. Like many Macropodiformes, early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Potoroos Potoroo is a common name for species of ''Potorous'', a genus of smaller marsupials. They are allied to the Macropodiformes, the suborder of kangaroo, wallaby, and other rat-kangaroo genera. All three extant species are threatened by ecological changes since the colonisation of Australia, especially the long-footed potoroo ''Potorous longipes'' (endangered) and '' P. gilbertii'' ( critically endangered). The broad-faced potoroo '' P. platyops'' disappeared after its first description in the 19th century. The main threats are predation by introduced species (especially foxes) and habitat loss. Potoroos were formerly very common in Australia, and early settlers reported them as being significant pests to their crops. Status Gilbert's potoroo was first described in the West in 1840 by naturalist John Gilbert. It was then thought to have become extinct until being rediscovered in 1994 at the Two Peoples Bay Nature Reserve (near Albany) in Western Australia. Conservation efforts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Macropodoidea The Macropodiformes , also known as macropods, are one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. They may in fact be nested within one of the suborders, Phalangeriformes. Kangaroos Kangaroos are four marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the red kangaroo, as well as the antilopine kangaroo, eastern gre ..., wallabies and allies, bettongs, potoroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder. Classification * Superfamily Macropodoidea Family †Balbaridae: (basal quadrupedal kangaroos) * Genus †''Galanarla'' * Genus †''Nambaroo'' * Genus †''Wururoo'' * Genus †''Ganawamaya'' * Genus †''Balbaroo'' Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: (musky rat-kangaroo) * Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae ** Genus ''Hypsiprymnodon'' *Musky rat-kangaroo, ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'' *†''Hypsiprymnodon bartholoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hypsiprymnodontidae The Hypsiprymnodontidae 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''. Classification * Family Hypsiprymnodontidae Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae * Genus ''Hypsiprymnodon'' **''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', musky rat-kangaroo †''Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii'' †''Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri'' †''Hypsiprymnodon dennisi'' †''Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae'' Subfamily † Propleopinae Archer and Flannery, 1985 * Genus †''Ekaltadeta'' †'' Ekaltadeta ima'' †'' Ekaltadeta jamiemulveneyi'' * Genus †''Propleopus'' **†''Propleopus oscillans'' †''Propleopus chillagoensis ''Propleopus chillagoensis'' is an extinct species of marsupial, of the genus ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hypsiprymnodon Philcreaseri ''Hypsiprymnodon'' is a genus of macropods. The sole extant species is ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', the musky rat-kangaroo. The genus includes four known fossil species. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek (, 'high'), (, ' hindmost'), and (, 'tooth'). This name was derived from the genus ''Hypsiprymnus'', a synonym for '' Potorous'', and distinguishes this by combining the Ancient Greek , meaning 'tooth'. Classification * Family HypsiprymnodontidaeBates, H., Travouillon, K.J., Cooke, B., Beck, R. M. D., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 383-396. Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae * Genus ''Hypsiprymnodon'' ** ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', musky rat-kangaroo †''Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii'' †''Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri'' †''Hypsiprymnodon dennisi'' †''Hypsiprymnodon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hypsiprymnodon Bartholomaii ''Hypsiprymnodon'' is a genus of macropods. The sole extant species is ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', the musky rat-kangaroo. The genus includes four known fossil species. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek (, 'high'), (, ' hindmost'), and (, 'tooth'). This name was derived from the genus ''Hypsiprymnus'', a synonym for '' Potorous'', and distinguishes this by combining the Ancient Greek , meaning 'tooth'. Classification * Family HypsiprymnodontidaeBates, H., Travouillon, K.J., Cooke, B., Beck, R. M. D., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 383-396. Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae * Genus ''Hypsiprymnodon'' ** ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', musky rat-kangaroo †''Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii'' †''Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri'' †''Hypsiprymnodon dennisi'' †''Hypsiprymnodon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Marsupial Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a pouch. Marsupials include opossums, Tasmanian devils, kangaroos, koalas, wombats, wallabies, bandicoots, and the extinct thylacine. Marsupials represent the clade originating from the last common ancestor of extant metatherians, the group containing all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals. They give birth to relatively undeveloped young that often reside in a pouch located on their mothers' abdomen for a certain amount of time. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur on the Australian continent (the mainland, Tasmania, New Guinea and nearby islands). The remaining 30% are found in the Americas—primarily in South America, thirteen in Central America, and one species, the Virginia opossum, in North America, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nambaroo ''Nambaroo'' is an extinct genus of macropod marsupial from the late Oligocene to the early Miocene of Australia.B.P. Kear; B.N. Cooke; M. Archer; T.F.Flannery (2007). Implications of a new species of the Oligo-Miocene kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodoidea) ''Nambaroo'', from the Riversleigh World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia, in ''Journal of Paleontology'' 81, pp. 1147-1167.abstract Recent research suggests that the many species belonging to this genus may be either be invalid or belong to the closely related ''Ganawamaya ''Ganawamaya'' is an extinct genus of quadrupedal kangaroos that lived in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmani ...''. Sources "Granddaddy of Kangaroos" Found in Aussie Fossilat ''National Geographic'' Prehistoric macropods Oligocene marsupials Miocene marsupials Tortonian extinctions Chattian genus first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hypsiprymnodon Dennisi ''Hypsiprymnodon'' is a genus of macropods. The sole extant species is ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', the musky rat-kangaroo. The genus includes four known fossil species. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek (, 'high'), (, ' hindmost'), and (, 'tooth'). This name was derived from the genus ''Hypsiprymnus'', a synonym for '' Potorous'', and distinguishes this by combining the Ancient Greek , meaning 'tooth'. Classification * Family HypsiprymnodontidaeBates, H., Travouillon, K.J., Cooke, B., Beck, R. M. D., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 383-396. Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae * Genus ''Hypsiprymnodon'' ** ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', musky rat-kangaroo †''Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii'' †''Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri'' †''Hypsiprymnodon dennisi'' †''Hypsiprymnodon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hypsiprymnodon ''Hypsiprymnodon'' is a genus of macropods. The sole extant species is ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', the musky rat-kangaroo. The genus includes four known fossil species. The generic name combines the Ancient Greek (, 'high'), (, ' hindmost'), and (, 'tooth'). This name was derived from the genus ''Hypsiprymnus'', a synonym for '' Potorous'', and distinguishes this by combining the Ancient Greek , meaning 'tooth'. Classification * Family HypsiprymnodontidaeBates, H., Travouillon, K.J., Cooke, B., Beck, R. M. D., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 383-396. Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae * Genus ''Hypsiprymnodon'' ** ''Hypsiprymnodon moschatus'', musky rat-kangaroo †''Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii'' †''Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri'' †''Hypsiprymnodon dennisi'' †''Hypsiprymnodon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]