Dendrolagus Müller 1840 (tree kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

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

See also Flannery and Archer 1984, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pocock 1921, Springer et al. 1994 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Baringa, Bohra, Congruus, Dendrolagini, Dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus, Halmaturus odin, Kurrabi, Lagorchestes, Macropus, Macropus affinis, Macropus piltonensis, Onychogalea, Osphranter gouldi, Peradorcas, Prionotemnus, Protemnodon, Setonix, Silvaroo, Thylogale, Wallabia, Watutia

Subtaxa: Dendrolagus bennettianus Dendrolagus dorianus Dendrolagus goodfellowi Dendrolagus lumholtzi Dendrolagus matschiei

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Australia (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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