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Aepyprymnus rufescens (rufous rat-kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Potoroidae

Taxonomy
Bettongia rufescens was named by Gray (1837). It is extant. It is the type species of Aepyprymnus.

It was recombined as Aepyprymnus rufescens by Burk et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Bettongia rufescens Gray
1998Aepyprymnus rufescens Burk et al. p. 460

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyPotoroidae()
genusAepyprymnusGarrod 1875
speciesrufescens(Gray 1837)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aepyprymnus rufescens Gray 1837 [rufous rat-kangaroo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:29:55
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:29:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bassarova et al. 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Aepyprymnus rufescens (95899 96015 96019)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Aepyprymnus rufescens (28298 136159)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Aepyprymnus rufescens (183095)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Aepyprymnus rufescens (136730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Aepyprymnus rufescens (92837)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Aepyprymnus rufescens (21688)