NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Macropodiformes

Macropodiformes is one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potaroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder. Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Orders Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Marsupials are mammals in which the female typically has a pouch (called the marsupium, from which the name Marsupial derives) in which it rears its young through early infancy. ... Suborders Vombatiformes Phalangeriformes Macropodiformes Diprotodontia is a large taxon of about 120 marsupial mammals including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, Koala, wombats, and many others. ...

Classification

Family Hypsiprymnodontidae

Genus Hypsiprymnodon
- Musky Rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus

Family Macropodidae: kangaroos, wallabies, and allies

Family Potoroidae

Genus †Wakiewakie
Genus †Purtia
Genus ?†Palaeopotorous
Subfamily †Bulungamayinae
- Genus †'Wabularoo
  - †Wabularoo hilarus
  - †Wabularoo naughtoni
- Genus †Bulungamaya
Subfamily Potoroinae
- Genus Aepyprymnus
  - Rufous Rat-kangaroo, Aepyprymnus rufescens
- Genus Bettongia
  - Eastern Bettong, Bettongia gaimardi
  - Boodie, Bettongia lesueur
  - Woylie, Bettongia penicillata
  - Northern Bettong, Bettongia tropica
  - †Bettongia moyesi
- Genus Caloprymnus
  - Desert Rat-kangaroo, Caloprymnus campestris
- Genus Potorous
  - Long-footed Potoroo, Potorous longipes
  - †Broad-faced Potoroo, Potorous platyops
  - Long-nosed Potoroo, Potorous tridactylus
  - Gilbert's Potoroo, Potorous gilbertii
- Genus †Gumardee
  - †Gumardee pascuali
- Genus †Milliyowi
  - †Milliyowi bunganditj

Binomial name Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876 The Musky Rat-kangaroo is a marsupial species found in the rainforests of New Guinea and northeast Australia. ... Binomial name Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876 The Musky Rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus) is a marsupial species found in the rainforests of New Guinea and northeast Australia. ... Genera See text Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree kangaroos, pademelons, and several others. ... Genera Hypsiprymnodon Aepyprymnus Bettongia Caloprymnus Potorous The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos and rat-kangaroos. ... Binomial name Bettongia penicillata Gray, 1837 The Woylie (Bettongia penicillata) is a small (30cm long) marsupial. ... Binomial name Caloprymnus campestris (Gould, 1843) The Desert Rat-Kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) lived in the driest, hottest and most desolate environments in Central Australia. ... Binomial name Caloprymnus campestris (Gould, 1843) The Desert Rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris) s an extinct marsupial that lived in the driest, hottest and most desolate environments in Central Australia. ... Genera Hypsiprymnodon Aepyprymnus Bettongia Caloprymnus Potorous The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos and rat-kangaroos. ... Binomial name Potorous platyops The extinct Broad-faced Potoroo (Potorous platyops) was first collected in 1839 and described by John Gould in 1844, but even then it was rare and only a handful of specimens were ever collected, the last in 1875. ... ong-nosed potoroo Common name: Long-nosed potoroo Scientific name: Potorous tridactylus (potoroo = Indigenous name for small rat-kangaroo; tridactylus = â€œthree-toedâ€ because it was originally believed that they only had three toes) Animal group: Rat-kangaroos Conservation status: This species is listed as Vulnerable in Queensland (Nature Conservation Act...