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.