Aepyprymnus Garrod 1875 (rufous rat-kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Parent taxon: Potoroinae according to A. Burk et al. 1998

See also Flannery and Archer 1987, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Springer et al. 1994

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Aepyprymnus rufescens

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Type: Bettongia rufescens

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (10 collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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