Classification

• Family †Balbaridae
  Balbaridae
  The Balbaridae are an extinct family of basil Macropodoidea. The synapomorphies are divided into two areas, the dental and cranial. The dental area of this taxa can be described as having the molar lophodont and brachyodont with a hypolophid formed by lingually displaced component of...
  
  : basal quadrupedal kangaroos
• Family Hypsiprymnodontidae
  Hypsiprymnodontidae
  The Hypsiprymnodontidae are a family of macropods, one of two families containing animals commonly referred to as rat-kangaroos. There is a single known extant genus and species in this family, the Musky Rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, which occurs in northern Australia and New Guinea....
  
  
  • Genus Hypsiprymnodon
    • Musky Rat-kangaroo
      Musky Rat-kangaroo
      The Musky Rat-kangaroo is a marsupial species found in the rainforests of northeast Australia. Although some scientists place this species as a subfamily of the family Potoroidae, the most recent classification places it in the family Hypsiprymnodontidae with prehistoric rat-kangaroos.It is the...
      
      , Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
  • Genus †Ekaltadeta
    Ekaltadeta
    Ekaltadeta is an extinct genus of giant marsupials related to modern rat-kangaroos.They are hypothesized to have been either predatory, or omnivorous with a fondness for meat, based on their chewing teeth. This conclusion is based mainly on the size and shape of a large buzz-saw-shaped cheek-tooth,...
    
    
  • Genus †Jackmahoneyi
  • Genus †Propleopus
    Propleopus
    Propleopus is an extinct genus of marsupial. Two species are known, P. chillagoensis from the Plio-Pleistocene and P. oscillans from the Pleistocene. In contrast to most other kangaroos, and similar to its small extant relative, the Musky Rat-kangaroo, it was probably omnivorous.-References:*John...
    
    
• Superfamily Macropodoidea
  • Genus †Wakiewakie
  • Genus †Purtia
  • Genus †Ngamaroo
• Family ?†Ganguroo
  Ganguroo
  The genus Ganguroo is a species of early to middle Miocene kangaroo. The relationship within the macropodidae is in dispute, though it is phylogenetically proposed to be a sister taxon with the Macropodidae.-References:...
  
  
  • †Ganguroo bilamina
• Family ?†Galanarla
  • †Galanarla tessalata
• Family Macropodidae: kangaroos, wallabies, and allies
• Family Potoroidae
  Potoroidae
  The marsupial family Potoroidae includes the bettongs, potoroos, and two of the rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby.- Characteristics :...
  
  
  • Genus ?†Palaeopotorous
  • Subfamily †Bulungamayinae
    • Genus †'Wabularoo
      • †Wabularoo hilarus
      • †Wabularoo naughtoni
    • Genus †Bulungamaya
  • Subfamily Potoroinae
    • Genus Aepyprymnus
      • Rufous Rat-kangaroo
        Rufous Rat-kangaroo
        The Rufous Rat-kangaroo , also known as the Rufous Bettong, is a small species of the family Potoroidae found in Australia. It is found in coastal and subcoastal regions from Newcastle in New South Wales to Cooktown in Queensland, and was formerly found in the Murray River Valley of New South Wales...
        
        , Aepyprymnus rufescens
    • Genus Bettongia
      • Eastern Bettong
        Eastern Bettong
        The Eastern Bettong , also known as the Southern Bettong and Tasmanian Bettong, is a bettong whose natural range includes south-eastern Australia and the eastern part of Tasmania. Following the introduction of the red fox, it became extinct on mainland Australia around 1890.- Diet and Behaviour...
        
        , Bettongia gaimardi
      • Boodie
        Boodie
        The Boodie , also known as the Burrowing Bettong, is a small marsupial. It is a fascinating example of the effects of introduced animals on Australian fauna and ecosystems. Once the most common macropodiform mammal on the whole continent, the Boodie now only lives on off-lying islands and in a...
        
        , Bettongia lesueur
      • Woylie
        Woylie
        The Woylie , also known as the Brush-tailed Bettong, is a small marsupial that belongs to the genus Bettongia. It is endemic to Australia...
        
        , Bettongia penicillata
      • Northern Bettong
        Northern Bettong
        The Northern Bettong is a small potoroid marsupial which is restricted to some areas of mixed open Eucalyptus woodlands and Allocasuarina forests bordering rainforests in far northeastern Queensland, Australia....
        
        , Bettongia tropica
      • †Bettongia moyesi
    • Genus Caloprymnus
      • Desert Rat-kangaroo
        Desert Rat-kangaroo
        The Desert Rat-kangaroo , also called the Buff-nosed Rat-kangaroo or the Plains Rat-kangaroo, is an extinct marsupial that lived in a sand ridge and gibber plain habitat in southwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia. It was the size of a small rabbit...
        
        , Caloprymnus campestris
    • Genus Potorous
      • Long-footed Potoroo
        Long-footed Potoroo
        The Long-footed Potoroo is a species of potoroo found in southeastern Australia, in a small area around the coastal border between New South Wales and Victoria. It was discovered in 1967 when an adult male was caught in a dog trap in the forest southwest of Bonang, Victoria...
        
        , Potorous longipes
      • †Broad-faced Potoroo
        Broad-faced Potoroo
        The Broad-faced Potoroo is an extinct species of marsupial that once lived in Australia. The first specimen was collected in 1839 and described by John Gould in 1844, but even then it was rare and only a handful of specimens were ever collected, the last in 1875...
        
        , Potorous platyops
      • Long-nosed Potoroo
        Long-nosed Potoroo
        The Long-nosed Potoroo is a species of Australian potoroo. It is listed as Endangered in Victoria , Vulnerable in Queensland and nationally , although the IUCN lists it as Lower Risk.At first glance the Long-nosed Potoroo with its...
        
        , Potorous tridactylus
      • Gilbert's Potoroo
        Gilbert's Potoroo
        Gilbert's Potoroo is an Australian marsupial, sometimes called a rat-kangaroo, that is critically endangered. It is described as pointed in the face and about the size of a rabbit. It lives in a restricted area on the southwest coast of Western Australia. Gilbert's Potoroos now exist on Bald...
        
        , Potorous gilbertii
    • Genus †Gumardee
      • †Gumardee pascuali
    • Genus †Milliyowi
      • †Milliyowi bunganditj