Hypsiprymnodontidae

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Hypsiprymnodontidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Suborder: Macropodiformes
Family: Hypsiprymnodontidae
Collett, 1877
Genera

Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of macropods, commonly referred to as the rat-kangaroos. There is a single known extant species, the Musky Rat-kangaroo which occurs and in northern Australia and New Guinea. During the Pleistocene megafauna from this family occurred in the genera Ekaltadeta.