Hypsiprymnodon

Hypsiprymnodon Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Hypsiprymnodontidae
Genus:	Hypsiprymnodon Ramsay, 1876
Type species
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876
Species
See text.

Hypsiprymnodon is a genus of macropods. The sole extant species is Hypsiprymnodon moschatus , the musky rat-kangaroo. The genus includes four known fossil species.

The generic name combines the Ancient Greek ὕψος ( hyps- , 'high'), πρυμνός (prumnós, 'hindmost'), and ὀδών (odṓn, 'tooth'). ^[1] This name was derived from the genus Hypsiprymnus , a synonym for Potorous , and distinguishes this by combining the Ancient Greek odoús, meaning 'tooth'. ^[2]

Classification

• Family Hypsiprymnodontidae ^[3]
  • Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
    • Genus Hypsiprymnodon
      • Hypsiprymnodon moschatus , musky rat-kangaroo
      • † Hypsiprymnodon bartholomaii
      • † Hypsiprymnodon philcreaseri
      • † Hypsiprymnodon dennisi
      • † Hypsiprymnodon karenblackae
    • Subfamily †Propleopinae

References

1. "Hypsiprymnodon". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary . Merriam-Webster. Unabridged (subscription required)
2. Strahan, R.; Cayley, N. (1987). What mammal is that? . North Ryde: Cornstalk. pp.  118. ISBN   0207153256.
3. Bates, H., Travouillon, K.J., Cooke, B., Beck, R. M. D., Hand, S. J., and Archer, M., 2014. Three new Miocene species of musky rat kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodontidae, Macropodoidea): description, phylogenetics and palaeoecology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34: 383-396.