Sthenurinae

Taxobox
name = Sthenurinae
fossil_range = Pliocene - Recent

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image_caption = The Banded Hare-wallaby is the only extant species
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
subordo = Macropodiformes
familia = Macropodidae
subfamilia = Sthenurinae
subfamilia_authority = Glouert, 1926
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*†"Hadronomas"
*†"Eosthenurus"
*†"Sthenurus"
*†"Procoptodon"
*†"Nambaroo"
*†"Wururoo"
*†"Ganawamaya"
*†"Balbaroo"
*†"Silvaroo"
*†"Simosthenurus"
* "Lagostrophus"

The Sthenurinae is a sub-family within the marsupial family Macropodidae. Only a single species occurs today, with all the other known genera existing in the Pleistocene, these included some of the largest fossil macropods.

References

*Long, J., Archer, M., Flannery, T. and Hand, S. 2002. "Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution". John Hopkins University Press. pp 157-196. ISBN 0801872235.
*Prideaux, G. 2004. " [http://repositories.cdlib.org/ucpress/ucpgs/vol_146 Systematics and Evolution of the Sthenurine Kangaroos] ". UC Publications in Geological Sciences. Paper vol 146.