Potoroidae Gray 1821
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11347129 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4B1C7ABA-E82F-B8A0-50E8-4BF4EE03D3E7 |
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Guido |
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Potoroidae Gray 1821 |
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Potoroidae Gray 1821 View in CoL
Potoroidae Gray 1821 View in CoL , London Med. Repos., 15: 308.
Genera: 4 genera with 10 species:
Genus Aepyprymnus Garrod 1875 (1 species)
Genus Bettongia Gray 1837 (4 species)
Genus Caloprymnus Thomas 1888 (1 species)
Genus Potorous Desmarest 1804 (4 species with 2 subspecies)
Discussion: Separated from Macropodidae by Archer and Bartholamai (1978), but Burk et al. (1998) proposed to reunite them on the basis that they form a clade relative to Hypsiprymnodon . Burk and Springer (2000) found that Potorous is strongly distinct from the other genera and separated from them little, if at all, later than the divergence of the Macropodidae ; consequently, they considered the monophyly of the Potoroidae in doubt.
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Macropodiformes |
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Potoroidae Gray 1821
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005 |
Potoroidae
Gray 1821: 308 |