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Taxon:
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Potoroidae
Gray, 1821
- rat-kangaroos
(mammal)
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Entity:
Macropodoidea (Superfamily)
..†Galanarla (Genus)
..Hypsiprymnodontidae (Family)
..Macropodidae (Family) - wallabies and kangaroos
..Potoroidae (Family) - rat-kangaroos
....†Bulungamayini (Tribe)
....†Palaeopotoroini (Tribe)
....Potoroini (Tribe)
....†Purtia (Genus)
....†Wakiewakie (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Gray, 1821) Flannery
et al.
, 1984
Original name
:
Gray, 1821:308.
Subsequent rank
:
Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1984:1087-1097.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Potoroini
(Tribe)
Gray, 1821
Variants
Different rank
:
Potoroinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Different rank
:
Potoroinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Hypsiprymnodontinae
(Subfamily)
In
:
Macropodidae
(Family)
Gray, 1821
Ref:
G.G. Simpson, 1945
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
ratkangoeroes
:
kangoeroeratten
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
rat-kangaroos
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
potoroos
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
:
bettongs
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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