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Macropodidae

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Macropodidae

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Also known as kangaroo family, macropod, kangaroos, macropods, wallabies, kangaroos and wallabies

famiglia di mammiferi dell'ordine Diprotodontia

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Macropodidae is a family of mammals within the order Diprotodontia, classified under the class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The group has existed for approximately 28 million years.

Records of this family are held by institutions including ANWC, AMNH, and UCMP. Specimens have been documented in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Australia.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

Macropodidae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderDiprotodontia
  5. FamilyMacropodidae
Observations recorded1,565,098

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,770
With media
25
Family
Macropodidae
Collections
ANWC, AMNH, UCMP
Recorded in
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Macropodiformes
Image
Kangaroo.JPG
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taxon rank
family
taxon name
Macropodidae
Commons category
Macropodidae
topic's main category
Category:Macropods
Commons gallery
Macropodidae
means of locomotion
bipedalism
start time
28000000-0
taxonomic type
Macropus
temporal range start
Chattian
Sources (3)

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Article · Italiano

Canguro è un nome comune con cui si indicano alcune delle circa 60 specie della famiglia dei macropodidi (ordine dei diprotodonti).Le più comuni sono il canguro rosso e il canguro grigio.

Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA

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