Diprotodontia
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”) + πρῶτος (prôtos, “foremost, front”) + ὀδόντ- (odónt-), stem of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).
Proper noun
[edit]Diprotodontia
- A taxonomic order within the infraclass Metatheria – kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koalas, wombats, etc.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort
Hyponyms
[edit]- (order): Macropodiformes, Phalangeriformes, Vombatiformes (suborders)
- Acrobatidae (feathertail glider and feathertail possum), Burramyidae (pygmy possums), Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat kangaroo), Macropodidae (kangaroos and wallabies), Petauridae (some possums), Phalangeridae (brushtail possums), Phascolarctidae (koala), Potoroidae (rat kangaroos), Pseudocheiridae (ringtailed possums), Tarsipedidae (honey possums), Vombatidae (wombat) (families)
- †Balbaridae, †Diprotodontidae, †Maradidae (extinct families)
- †Palorchestidae, †Thylacoleonidae, †Wynyardiidae (extinct families, incertae sedis)
References
[edit]- Diprotodontia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Diprotodontia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Diprotodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Diprotodontia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Diprotodontia in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Diprotodontia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI