Diprotodontia

Translingual

Vombatus ursinus (common wombat or coarse-haired wombat)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”) + πρῶτος (prôtos, “foremost, front”) + ὀδόντ- (odónt-), stem of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

Proper noun

Diprotodontia

A taxonomic order within the infraclass Metatheria – kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koalas, wombats, etc.

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort

Hyponyms

(order): Macropodiformes, Phalangeriformes, Vombatiformes (suborders)
- Acrobatidae (feathertail glider and feathertail possum), Burramyidae (pygmy possums), Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat kangaroo), Macropodidae (kangaroos and wallabies), Petauridae (some possums), Phalangeridae (brushtail possums), Phascolarctidae (koala), Potoroidae (rat kangaroos), Pseudocheiridae (ringtailed possums), Tarsipedidae (honey possums), Vombatidae (wombat) (families)
- †Balbaridae, †Diprotodontidae, †Maradidae (extinct families)
- †Palorchestidae, †Thylacoleonidae, †Wynyardiidae (extinct families, incertae sedis)

References

Diprotodontia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Diprotodontia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Diprotodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Diprotodontia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Diprotodontia in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
Diprotodontia at Encyclopedia of Life
Diprotodontia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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