Diprotodontia
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Name (Latin)
Diprotodontia
Other forms of name
Diprotodonta
Phalangeriformes
Diprotodontian marsupials
Diprotodontians
See Also From tracing topical name
Mammals
Marsupials
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q26332
Library of congress:
sh 99010659
Sources of Information
- Mammal species of the world, 1993:p. 45 (Order Diprotodontia. Synonyms: Phalangeriformes. Recognized as an order by Aplin and Archer (1987) who proposed a new syncretic classification of the marsupials)
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System query, via WWW, Oct. 8, 1999(Order Diprotodontia. Usage: valid. Vernacular name: not available. Superorder Marsupialia, Infraclass Metatheria, Subclass Theria, Class Mammalia)
- Walker mamm. world:v. 1, p. 10 (Order Diprotodonta; Order Diprotodontia. "Marsupials herein are covered as a single order, but a growing number of zoologists consider the group more properly divided into at least 2 orders.)
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Wikipedia description:
Diprotodontia (, from Greek "two forward teeth") is the largest extant order of marsupials, with about 155 species, including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koala, wombats, and many others. Extinct diprotodonts include the hippopotamus-sized Diprotodon, and Thylacoleo, the so-called "marsupial lion".
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