Macropodiformes

Northern bettong Bettongia tropica, from the Queensland Government.

Belongs within: Diprotodontia.
Contains: Macropodidae.

The Macropodiformes are a group of mostly herbivorous marsupials (though the Hypsiprymnodontidae are omnivorous), including the wallabies and kangaroos. Members of this group have the hind feet enlarged for rapid, often bounding locomotion.

Characters (from Long et al. 2002, as Macropodoidea): Dentary bearing masseteric canal. Hind foot with fourth digit hypertrophied.

Macropodiformes [Potoroinae]
    |--Balbaridae [Balbarinae] LA02
    |    |--Wururoo Cooke 1997 LA02
    |    |    `--*W. dayamayi Cooke 1997 LA02
    |    |--Balbaroo Flannery, Archer & Plane 1983 LA02
    |    |    |--*B. camfieldensis Flannery, Archer & Plane 1983 LA02
    |    |    |--B. fangaroo Cooke 2000 LA02
    |    |    `--B. gregoriensis Flannery, Archer & Plane 1983 LA02
    |    |--Ganawamaya Cooke 1992 LA02
    |    |    |--*G. acris Cooke 1992 LA02
    |    |    |--G. aediculis Cooke 1992 LA02
    |    |    `--G. ornata Cooke 1992 LA02
    |    `--Nambaroo Flannery & Rich 1986 LA02
    |         |--*N. tarrinyeri Flannery & Rich 1986 LA02
    |         |--N. couperi Cooke 1997 LA02
    |         |--N. novus Flannery & Rich 1986 LA02
    |         `--N. saltavus Flannery & Rich 1986 LA02
    `--+--Hypsiprymnodontidae LA02
       |    |--Hypsiprymnodon Ramsay 1876 [Hypsiprymnodontinae] LA02
       |    |    |--*H. moschatus Ramsay 1876 [=Pleopus moschatus] LA02
       |    |    `--H. bartholomaii Flannery & Archer 1987 LA02
       |    `--Propleopinae LA02
       |         |--Jackmahoneya Ride 1993 LA02
       |         |    `--*J. toxoniensis Ride 1993 LA02
       |         |--Ekaltadeta Archer & Flannery 1985 LA02
       |         |    |--*E. ima Archer & Flannery 1985 LA02
       |         |    `--E. jamiemulvaneyi Wroe 1996 LA02
       |         `--Propleopus Longman 1924 LA02
       |              |--*P. oscillans (De Vis 1888) LA02 [=Triclis oscillans F71]
       |              |--P. chillagoensis Archer, Bartholomai & Marshall 1978 LA02
       |              `--P. wellingtonensis Archer & Flannery 1985 LA02
       `--Macropodoidea MJ11
            |--Macropodidae LA02
            `--Potoroidae LA02
                 |--Caloprymnus campestris LA02, CB-E04
                 |--Aepyprymnus rufescens LA02
                 |--Borungaboodie Prideaux 1999 LA02
                 |    `--*B. hatcheri Prideaux 1999 LA02
                 |--Milliyowi Flannery, Rich et al. 1992 LA02
                 |    `--*M. bunganditj Flannery, Rich et al. 1992 LA02
                 |--Potorous CB-E04
                 |    |--P. longipes CB-E04
                 |    |--P. morgani Finlayson 1938 R64
                 |    |--P. platyops CB-E04
                 |    `--P. tridactylus CB-E04
                 |         |--P. t. tridactylus F71
                 |         |--P. t. antiquus Broom 1896 F71
                 |         |--P. t. apicalis BP87
                 |         |--P. t. benormi Courtney 1963 R64
                 |         `--P. t. gilberti BP87
                 `--Bettongia Gray 1837 [Bettongini] LA02
                      |--*B. gaimardi (Desmarest 1822) LA02
                      |--B. anhydra Finlayson 1957 [=B. penicillata anhydra] B08
                      |--B. cuniculus S61
                      |--B. lesueur CB-E04
                      |    |--B. l. lesueur B32
                      |    `--B. l. grayi B32
                      |--B. moyesi Flannery & Archer 1987 LA02
                      |--B. penicillata B08
                      |    |--B. p. penicillata R64
                      |    `--B. p. francisca Finlayson 1957 R64
                      |--B. pusilla McNamara 1997 LA02
                      `--B. tropica BP87

Macropodiformes incertae sedis:
  Galanarla Flannery, Archer & Plane 1983 LA02
    `--*G. tessellata Flannery, Archer & Plane 1983 LA02
  Gumardee Flannery, Archer & Plane 1983 LA02
    `--*G. pascuali Flannery, Archer & Plane 1983 LA02
  Palaeopotorous Flannery & Rich 1986 LA02
    `--*P. priscus Flannery & Rich 1986 LA02
  Purtia Case 1984 LA02
    `--*P. mosaicus Case 1984 LA02
  Wakiewakie Woodburne 1984 LA02
    `--*W. lawsoni Woodburne 1984 LA02

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B08] Baynes, A. 2008. The original non-volant land mammal fauna of Faure Island, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 75: 25-31.

[B32] Bourne, G. 1932. Sarcosporidia. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 19: 1-8.

[BP87] Burton, J. A., & B. Pearson. 1987. Collins Guide to the Rare Mammals of the World. Collins: London.

[CB-E04] Cardillo, M., O. R. P. Bininda-Emonds, E. Boakes & A. Purvis. 2004. A species-level phylogenetic supertree of marsupials. Journal of Zoology 264: 11-31.

[F71] Fletcher, H. O. 1971. Catalogue of type specimens of fossils in the Australian Museum, Sydney. Australian Museum Memoir 13: 1-167.

[LA02] Long, J., M. Archer, T. Flannery & S. Hand. 2002. Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea: One Hundred Million Years of Evolution. University of New South Wales Press: Sydney.

[MJ11] Meredith, R. W., J. E. Janečka, J. Gatesy, O. A. Ryder, C. A. Fisher, E. C. Teeling, A. Goodbla, E. Eizirik, T. L. L. Simão, T. Stadler, D. L. Rabosky, R. L. Honeycutt, J. J. Flynn, C. M. Ingram, C. Steiner, T. L. Williams, T. J. Robinson, A. Burk-Herrick, M. Westerman, N. A. Ayoub, M. S. Springer & W. J. Murphy. 2011. Impacts of the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution and KPg extinction on mammal diversification. Science 334: 521-524.

[R64] Ride, W. D. L. 1964. A list of mammals described from Australia between the years 1933 and 1963 (comprising newly proposed names and additions to the Australian faunal list). Australian Mammal Society Bulletin 7 (Suppl.): 1-15.

[S61] Sharman, G. B. 1961. The mitotic chromosomes of marsupials and their bearing on taxonomy and phylogeny. Australian Journal of Zoology 9 (1): 38-60.