Macropodidae Author Russell A. Mittermeier Author Don E. Wilson text 2015 2015-06-30 Lynx Edicions Barcelona Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials 630 735 book chapter 82887 10.5281/zenodo.6723703 21219976-e1ce-4f1a-aae4-f6b110caa2c9 978-84-96553-99-6 6723703 Family MACROPODIDAE (KANGAROOS AND WALLABIES) • Mediumto large-sized marsupials; long, strong tails and highly developed hindlimbs and hindfeet; pelage mostly gray to brown with lighter underfur. • 50-340 cm. • Australasian Region. • Diverse habitats from subalpine grasslands to tropical rainforests, dry woodlands, and sandy-stony deserts. • 13 genera, 59 species,at least 88 extant taxa. • 2 species Critically Endangered, 8 species Endangered, 8 species Vulnerable; 1 subspecies Extinct in the Wild; 1 subspecies and 4 species Extinct since 1600.