Family HYPSIPRYMNODONTIDAE

(MUSKY RAT KANGAROO)

• Smallto medium-sized kangaroo-like marsupial, with relatively even limb proportions and a quadrupedal gait, five toes on hindfoot, thin prehensile tail covered with small scales giving a naked appearance; diurnal.

• 25-45 cm.

• Australasian Region.

• Wet tropical rainforests from sea level to elevations over 1200 m.

• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.

• No species threatened; none Extinct since 1600.