Potoroidae Gray 1821

Potoroidae Gray 1821, 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.