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The musky rat-kangaroo is a small marsupial found only in the rainforests of northeastern Australia. First described in the later 19th century, the only other species are known from fossil specimens. They are similar in appearance to potoroos and bettongs, but are not as closely related. Their omnivorous diet is known to include materials such as fruit and fungi, as well as small animals such as insects and other invertebrates. The local Aboriginal name for the species is durrgim yuri.
The Hypsiprymnodontidae are a family of macropods, one of two families containing animals commonly referred to as rat-kangaroos. The single known extant genus and species in this family, the musky rat-kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, occurs in northern Australia. During the Pleistocene, this family included the megafauna genus Propleopus.
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 Macropodiformes, also known as macropods, are one of the three suborders of the large marsupial order Diprotodontia. Kangaroos, wallabies and allies, bettongs, potoroos and rat kangaroos are all members of this suborder.
The Laelapidae are a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata. The family is also referred to in the literature as Laelaptidae, which may be the correct spelling.
Austrolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Echinonyssus is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Ichoronyssus is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Iphiolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Laelapsella is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Liponysella is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Ljunghia is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Notolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Peramelaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Pleisiolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Raymentia is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Scissuralaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Stratiolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Laelapidae.
Hirstionyssidae is a family of mites in the order Mesostigmata.
Trichosurolaelaps is a genus of mites in the family Hirstionyssidae. The small macropod species Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, the musky rat kangaroo, is recorded as a host to species of this mite.
References
- ↑ David Evans Walter (ed.). "Laelapidae Species Listing". Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University . Retrieved August 31, 2010.
- ↑ Claridge, A.W.; Seebeck, J.H.; Rose, R. (2007). Bettongs, potoroos, and the musky rat-kangaroo. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Pub. p. 81. ISBN 9780643093416.