Macropodinae
Macropodinae is a subfamily of marsupials in the family Macropodidae, which includes the kangaroos, wallabies, and related species. The subfamily includes about ten genera and at least 51 species. It includes all living members of the Macropodidae except for the banded hare-wallaby (Lagostrophus fasciatus), the only surviving member of the subfamily Lagostrophinae.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae Gray, 1821 |
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Macropodinae includes the following living genera:[1]
- Dendrolagus (tree-kangaroos – 14 species)
- Dorcopsis (greater dorcopsises – 4 species)
- Dorcopsulus (lesser dorcopsises – 2 species)
- Lagorchestes (hare-wallabies – 4 species)
- Macropus (kangaroos, wallaroos, and wallabies – 16 species)
- Onychogalea (nail-tail wallabies – 3 species)
- Petrogale (rock-wallabies – 17 species)
- Setonix (quokka)
- Thylogale (pademelons – 7 species)
- Wallabia (swamp wallaby)
Different common names are used for macropodines, including "wallaby" and "kangaroo", with the distinction sometimes based exclusively on size. In addition to the well-known kangaroos, the subfamily includes other specialized groups, such as the arboreal tree-kangaroos (Dendrolagus), which have body masses between 4 and 13 kg, and a relatively long prehensile tail.[2]
References
- Wilson, DE, Reeder, DM Mammal Species of the World. Subfamily Macropodinae . Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, 2005.
- I. Hume, P. Jarman, M. Renfree and P. Temple-Smith. Fauna of Australia (Walton Richardson, eds.). Vol 1B. 29. Macropodidae Archived 2011-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 55–56. 1989.