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Taxon: Family Macropodidae Gray, 1821 - wallabies and kangaroos (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (Gray, 1821) Owen, 1839
Original name:  Gray, 1821:308.
Subsequent rank:  Owen, 1839:19.

Types

Nominotypical taxon of: Macropodiformes (Suborder) Ameghino, 1889
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Variants

Different spelling: Macropididae (Family)

Synonyms

Synonymous name: Macropina (Family) (Gray, 1825) Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name: †Nambarinae (Subfamily) Kear & Cooke, 2001 Ref: PBDB: 30 Apr 2013.
Including: Potoroidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: wallabies and kangaroos
: kangaroos, wallabies
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