Back Kangaroe Afrikaans Känguru ALS كنغريات Arabic كنغريات ARZ Tcamol (Macropodidae) AVK Kenqurular Azerbaijani کانقوروکیمیلر AZB Кенгуровыя Byelorussian Кенгурови Bulgarian ক্যাংগারু Bengali/Bangla
| Macropods[1] Temporal range: Late Oligocene to recent
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| A young red-necked wallaby | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Macropodiformes |
| Family: | Macropodidae Gray, 1821 |
| Type genus | |
| Macropus Shaw, 1790
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Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups. These genera are allied to the suborder Macropodiformes, containing other macropods, and are native to the Australian continent (the mainland and Tasmania), New Guinea and nearby islands.[2]
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 58–70. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Clode, D (2006). Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History. Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. pp. 25–8. ISBN 978-0-521-86620-0.