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Aepyprymnus

Description

The rufous rat-kangaroo (Aepyprymnus rufescens), more commonly known as the rufous bettong, is a small marsupial species of the family Potoroidae found in Australia. It is not classified as threatened. The rufous bettong is about the size of a full-grown rabbit.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)2440029https://www.gbif.org/species/2440029
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)40141https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40141
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Potoroidae : Aepyprymnus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Diprotodontia : Potoroinae : Aepyprymnus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
-Theriamorpha
-Theriiformes
-TrechnotheriaMcKenna 1975
-CladotheriaMcKenna 1975
-Boreosphenida
subclassTheriaParker and Haswell 1897
subclassMetatheria
-Marsupialia
-AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
suborderPhalangeridaAplin and Archer 1987
superfamilyMacropodoideaGray 1821
familyPotoroinaeGray 1821
genusAepyprymnusGarrod 1875
Common Namerufous rat-kangaroo
Scientific NameAepyprymnus Garrod, 1875
Name Published InGarrod, A. H. 1875. On the kangaroo called Halmaturus luctuosus by D'Albertis and its affinities. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 48-59.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Aepyprymnusgenusbelongs to Bettonginistated with evidenceFlannery and Archer, 1987
Aepyprymnusgenusbelongs to Macropodidaestated without evidenceSpringer et al., 1994
Aepyprymnusgenusbelongs to MacropodidaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Aepyprymnusgenusbelongs to Potoroinaestated with evidenceBurk et al., 1998
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 2.6 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Mammalia)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore, insectivore (based on Potoroinae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Theria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level
Common Name(s) Rufous Rat-kangaroos, Rufous Rat-kangaroo
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aepyprymnus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Aepyprymnus rufescens
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Rufous Rat-kangaroo82.59 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1875Aepyprymnus Garrod
1987Aepyprymnus Flannery and Archer
1994Aepyprymnus Springer et al. p. 86
1997Aepyprymnus McKenna and Bell
1998Aepyprymnus Burk et al. p. 466

References

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Springer M. S. Y., Westerman M., et al (1994) Relationships among orders and families of marsupials based on 12S ribosomal DNA sequences and the timing of the marsupial radiation, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 2 2, 85-115
Burk A., Westerman M., et al (1998) The phylogenetic position of the musky rat-kangaroo and the evolution of bipedal hopping in kangaroos (Macropodidae: Diprotodontia), Systematic Biology 47 3, 457-474
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1875 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nowak, Ronald M., 1991: null. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.. 1629. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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