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Taxon: Subfamily Macropodinae Gray, 1821 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably †Baringa (Genus) Flannery & Hann, 1984
Questionably †Bohra (Genus) Flannery & Szalay, 1982
Questionably †Congruus (Genus) McNamara, 1994
Questionably †Dorcopsoides (Genus) Woodburne, 1967
Questionably Dorcopsulus (Genus) Matschie, 1916
Questionably †Fissuridon (Genus) Bartholomai, 1973
Questionably †Kurrabi (Genus) Flannery & Archer, 1984
Questionably Peradorcas (Genus) Thomas, 1904
Questionably †Prionotemnus (Genus) Stirton, 1955
Questionably †Synaptodon (Genus) De Vis, 1889
Questionably Thylogale (Genus) Gray, 1837
Questionably †Troposodon (Genus) Bartholomai, 1967
Questionably Wallabia (Genus) Trouessart, 1905
Questionably †Watutia (Genus) Flannery & Hoch, 1989

Subsequent entries

Dendrolagus (Genus) Müller, 1839
Dorcopsis (Genus) Schlegel & Müller, 1845
Lagorchestes (Genus) Gould, 1841
Lagostrophus (Genus) Thomas, 1887
Macropus (Genus) Shaw, 1790
Megaleia (Genus) Gistel, 1848
Onychogalea (Genus) Gray, 1841
Petrogale (Genus) Gray, 1837
†Protemnodon (Genus) Owen, 1873
Setonix (Genus) Lesson, 1842

Current position

Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 59.

Historical positions

Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 59.
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 63.
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 85.
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1021.
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 612.

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 10g;60s;38ss; ‡5s; †11g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 10g;60s;38ss; ‡5s; †11g
2005 C.P. Groves [10g;60s;38ss; ‡4s]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [13g; †11g]
1991 R.M. Nowak 10g;[41s; ‡4s]
1982 A.F. DeBlase 11g;42s
1973 W. Fiedler et al. 11g;42s
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Last updated: 28 Aug 2026