Macropodinae
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Wallabia bicolor
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae Gray, 1821 |
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Macropodinae is a
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]
Macropodinae includes the following genera:[1]
- Dendrolagus(tree-kangaroos – 14 species)
- Dorcopsis(greater dorcopsises – 4 species)
- Dorcopsulus (lesser dorcopsises – 2 species)
- Lagorchestes (hare-wallabies – 4 species)
- Macropus (common kangaroos – 2 species)
- Notamacropus (brush wallabies - 7 species, one recently extinct)
- Onychogalea(nail-tail wallabies – 3 species)
- Osphranter (wallaroos and large kangaroos - 4 species)
- Petrogale(rock-wallabies – 17 species)
- Setonix(quokka)
- Thylogale(pademelons – 7 species)
- Wallabia(swamp wallaby)
- †Nombe New Guinea, Late Pleistocene
- †Protemnodon Australia, New Guinea, Pliocene-Late Pleistocene
- †Congruus South Australia, Late Pleistocene
- †Watutia New Guinea, Pliocene
- †Dorcopsoides Australia, Pliocene
- †Bohra Australia, Pliocene-Late Pleistocene
- †Kurrabi Australia, Late Miocene
- †Baringa Australia, Early Pleistocene
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
- ^ a b 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.