Talk:Diprotodon

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[edit] Pronunciation

How does one pronounce this? I always read it as dip-ro-TO-don, before I knew much about it, but now knowing the etymology of the word, I guess perhaps it is di-PRO-to-don? -postglock 05:49, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

The link to "diprotodon.com" seems to be a spam link.

It is indeed pronouced di-PRO-to-don. T.carnifex (talk) 04:50, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Australis

Is it Diprotodon australis or Diprotodon optatum? Are these two different species? If they're the same, when did the naming change and why? T.carnifex (talk) 04:51, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

I think they're two different species (there is also D. minor)--Mr Fink (talk) 05:45, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] D. annextans

Would anyone know what the source is for this rather peculiar name? A search on Google Books turns up one reference in Prehistoric mammals of Australia and New Guinea ([1]) mentioning McCoy (1861). McCoy apparently did name at least one (putative?) species of Diprotodon, D. longiceps, but I didn't find anything more about D. annextans. The name does bear some resemblance with Trachodon annectens. Iblardi (talk) 00:08, 5 June 2008 (UTC)