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Hypsiprymnodontidae

Hypsiprymnodontidae
Temporal range: Oligocene–Pleistocene
Hypsyprymnodon moschatus.JPG
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Macropodiformes
Family: Hypsiprymnodontidae
Collett, 1877
Subfamilies & Genera

The Hypsiprymnodontidae /ˌhɪpsˌprɪmndɒnˈtd/ 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 , this family included the megafauna genus propleopus.



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