Hypsiprymnodon is a genus of macropods. The sole extant species is Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, the musky rat-kangaroo. The genus includes four known fossil species.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Hypsiprymnodontidae |
| Genus: | Hypsiprymnodon Ramsay, 1876 |
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| Hypsiprymnodon moschatus Ramsay, 1876
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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
edit- Family Hypsiprymnodontidae[3]
- Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
- Genus Hypsiprymnodon
- Subfamily †Propleopinae
- Subfamily Hypsiprymnodontinae
References
edit- ^ "Hypsiprymnodon". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Unabridged (subscription required)
- ^ Strahan, R.; Cayley, N. (1987). What mammal is that?. North Ryde: Cornstalk. pp. 118. ISBN 0207153256.
- ^ 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.