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Macropodinae  Gray, 1821
Taxonomic Serial No.: 709320

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassMetatheria Huxley, 1880  
                               OrderDiprotodontia Owen, 1866  
                                  SuborderMacropodiformes Ameghino, 1889  
                                     FamilyMacropodidae Gray, 1821 – kangaroos, wallabies  
                                        SubfamilyMacropodinae Gray, 1821  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Genus Dendrolagus S. Müller, 1840 – tree kangaroos 
                                           Genus Dorcopsis Schlegel and S. Müller, 1845 – New Guinean forest wallabies 
                                           Genus Dorcopsulus Matschie, 1916  
                                           Genus Lagorchestes Gould, 1841 – hare wallabies 
                                           Genus Macropus Shaw, 1790  
                                           Genus Notamacropus Dawson and Flannery, 1985  
                                           Genus Onychogalea Gray, 1841 – nail-tailed wallabies 
                                           Genus Osphranter Gould, 1842  
                                           Genus Petrogale Gray, 1837 – rock wallabies 
                                           Genus Setonix Lesson, 1842 – Quokka 
                                           Genus Thylogale Gray, 1837 – pademelons 
                                           Genus Wallabia Trouessart, 1905 – swamp wallaby 
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia   
  Page(s): 631   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-343   
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  Reference for: Macropodinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
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  Reference for: Macropodinae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials   
  Page(s): 1-799   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-996   
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  Reference for: Macropodinae   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Mammal subfamily Macropodinae (TSN 709320), originally as family Macropidae, is a senior homonym of fish subfamily Macropodinae Liem, 1963 (TSN 638689)  
 

 

    

 
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