Hypsiprymnodontidae

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Hypsiprymnodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Suborder:	Macropodiformes
Family:	Hypsiprymnodontidae Collett, 1877
Subfamilies & genera
Hypsiprymnodon † † †Ekaltadeta †Propleopus †Brachalletes

The Hypsiprymnodontidae /ˌhɪpsɪˌprɪmnoʊdɒnˈtaɪdiː/ 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 Pleistocene, this family included the megafauna genus Propleopus.

Classification[]

• Family Hypsiprymnodontidae^[1]
  • Subfamily
    • Genus Hypsiprymnodon
      • Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, musky rat-kangaroo
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      • †Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae
  • Subfamily † Archer and Flannery, 1985
    • Genus †Ekaltadeta
      • †Ekaltadeta ima
      • †Ekaltadeta jamiemulveneyi
    • Genus †Propleopus
      • †Propleopus oscillans
      • †Propleopus chillagoensis
      • †
    • Genus †
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    • Genus †Brachalletes
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