Diprotodontia 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 hippopot
The prominent mandibular central incisors characteristic of the diprotodonts are evident in this Kangaroo Island western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus)
The Macropodiformes, also known as macropods, are one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. They may in fact be nested within one of the suborders, Phalangeriformes. Kanga
Diprotodontia
…Order Diprotodontia Suborder Macropodiformes Family Hypsiprymnodontidae: (musky rat-kangaroo) Family Macropodidae: (kangaroos, wallabies and allies) Family Potoroidae: (bettongs, potoroos, and…