Hypsiprymnodontidae
{{Short description|Family of marsupials}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Oligocene|Recent}}
| image = Hypsyprymnodon moschatus.JPG
| image_caption = Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
| taxon = Hypsiprymnodontidae
| authority = Collett, 1877
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies and genera
| subdivision =
- Hypsiprymnodontinae
- Hypsiprymnodon
- †Propleopinae
- †Jackmahoneyi
- †Ekaltadeta
- †Propleopus
- †Brachalletes
}}
The Hypsiprymnodontidae {{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|ɪ|p|s|ᵻ|ˌ|p|r|ɪ|m|n|oʊ-|d|ɒ|n|ˈ|t|aɪ|d|iː}} 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 wellingtonensis
- Genus †Jackmahoneyi
- †Jackmahoneyi toxoniensis
- Genus †Brachalletes
- †Brachalletes palmeri
References
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{{Diprotodontia|M.1}}
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Category:Extant Chattian first appearances
Category:Taxa named by Robert Collett
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