- Hypsiprymnodontidae
Taxobox
name = Hypsiprymnodontidae
fossil_range=Oligocene -Pleistocene
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammalia
infraclassis =Marsupialia
ordo =Diprotodontia
subordo =Macropodiformes
familia = Hypsiprymnodontidae
familia_authority = Collett,1877
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Hypsiprymnodon "
* †"Ekaltadeta "
* †"Jackmahoneyi "
* †"Propleopus "Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of macropods, one of two genera containing animals commonly referred to as rat-kangaroos. There is a single known extant species in this genus, the
Musky Rat-kangaroo , which occurs and in northernAustralia andNew Guinea . During thePleistocene megafauna from this family occurred in the genera "Ekaltadeta ".
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