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Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat kangaroo)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Hypsiprymnodontidae /ˌhɪpsᵻˌprɪmnoʊdɒnˈtaɪdiː/ 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.
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Genus

Hypsiprymnodon (musky rat kangaroo) (5)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0