Macropodidae

Macropods[1]
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to recent
A young red-necked wallaby
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Superfamily: Macropodoidea
Family:
Gray, 1821
Type genus
Macropus
Shaw, 1790
Genera
  • Dendrolagus
  • Dorcopsis
  • Dorcopsulus
  • Lagorchestes
  • Lagostrophus
  • Macropus
  • Notamacropus
  • Onychogalea
  • Osphranter
  • Petrogale
  • Setonix
  • Thylogale
  • Wallabia
  • and see text for extinct genera

Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups. These genera are allied to the suborder Macropodiformes, containing other macropods, and are native to the Australian continent (the mainland and Tasmania), New Guinea and nearby islands.[2]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 58–70. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Clode, D (2006). Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp. 25–8. ISBN 978-0-521-86620-0.