Hypsiprymnodontidae
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| Hypsiprymnodontidae Temporal range: Oligocene–Pleistocene |
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| Hypsiprymnodon moschatus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Macropodiformes |
| Family: | Hypsiprymnodontidae Collett, 1877 |
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The Hypsiprymnodontidae (
/ˌhɪpsɨˌprɪmnɵˈdɒnʃɨdiː/) are a family of macropods, one of two families containing animals commonly referred to as rat-kangaroos. There is a single known extant genus and species in this family, the Musky Rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, which occurs in northern Australia and New Guinea. During the Pleistocene megafauna from this family occurred in the genera Ekaltadeta.
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