Macropodidae

Macropods; Temporal range: 28–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Oligocene tae recent
	Reid-necked wallaby
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Infracless:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Suborder:	Macropodiformes
Faimily:	Macropodidae; Gray, 1821
Genera
	Dendrolagus; Dorcopsis; Dorcopsulus; Lagorchestes; Lagostrophus; Macropus; Onychogalea; Petrogale; Setonix; Thylogale; Wallabia; an see text for extinct genera;

Macropods are marsupials belangin tae the faimily Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, an several ithers. Macropods are native tae Australie, New Guinea, an some nearbi islands.^[2] Afore European settlement o Australie, aboot 65 species o macropods existit. Sax species hae syne acome extinct. Anither 11 species hae been greatly reduced in nummers. Ither species (e.g. Simosthenurus, Propleopus, Macropus titan) acame extinct efter the Australian Aborigines arrived an afore the Europeans arrived.

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↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 58–70. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
↑ Clode, D (2006). Continent of curiosities: a journey through Australian natural history. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp. 25–8. ISBN 978-0-521-86620-0.