Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Diprotodontia - (Family) Macropodidae

Subsequent positions

Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Subsequent entries

Macropus (Subgenus) Shaw, 1790
Megaleia (Subgenus) Gistel, 1848

Current position

Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 63.

Alternative positions

Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821

Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 53.

Historical positions

Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: É.V. Oliveira et al., 2021: fig. 6. [rough position]
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: L.M. Carneiro et al., 2018: fig. 5. [rough position]
Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 63.
Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 64.
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 53.
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 101-110.
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 21.
Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 101-110. [alternative position] [implicit]
Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1021.
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 613.
Macropoda (Order) Illiger, 1811	Ref: E.R. Lankester, 1877: 453. [rough position]

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	13s;16ss; ‡1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[13s;16ss; ‡1s]
2005	C.P. Groves	[13s;16ss; ‡1s]
1993	C.P. Groves	[13s; ‡1s]
1991	R.M. Nowak	3sg;14[13]s; ‡[1s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[13s; ‡1s]