Hypsiprymnodontidae
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Hypsiprymnodontidae Fossil range: Oligocene - Pleistocene |
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Hypsiprymnodontidae is a family of macropods, one of two genera containing animals commonly referred to as rat-kangaroos. There is a single known extant species in this genus, 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.