Bohra Flannery and Szalay 1982 (kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Full reference: T. F. Flannery and F. S. Szalay. 1982. Bohra paulae, a new giant fossil tree-kangaroo (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) from New South Wales, Australia. Australian Mammalogy 5:83

Parent taxon: Macropodinae according to T. F. Flannery and F. S. Szalay 1982

See also Prideaux and Warburton 2008

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

Subtaxa: Bohra illuminata Bohra paulae Bohra wilkinsonorum

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Type: Bohra paulae

Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Australia (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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