MACROPODIDAE, Gray, 1821

Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Macropodidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 630-735 : 630

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6723703
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6722336
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scientific name	MACROPODIDAE
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Family MACROPODIDAE View in CoL

(KANGAROOS AND WALLABIES)

• Mediumto large-sized marsupials; long, strong tails and highly developed hindlimbs and hindfeet; pelage mostly gray to brown with lighter underfur.

• 50-340 cm. View Figure

• Australasian Region. View Figure

• Diverse habitats from subalpine grasslands to tropical rainforests, dry woodlands, and sandy-stony deserts.

• 13 genera, 59 species,at least 88 extant taxa.

• 2 species Critically Endangered, 8 species Endangered, 8 species Vulnerable; 1 subspecies Extinct in the Wild; 1 subspecies and 4 species Extinct since 1600.