genus Bettongia

genus Bettongia
noun
jerboa kangaroo
Syn: ↑Bettongia
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Potoroinae, ↑subfamily Potoroinae
Member Meronyms: ↑bettong, ↑jerboa kangaroo, ↑kangaroo jerboa

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  • List of Australian monotremes and marsupials — Mammals are divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes), and live birth mammals. The second subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the marsupials) and placental… …   Wikipedia

  • Boodie — Taxobox name = BoodieMSW3 Groves | pages = 57] fossil range=Late Oligocene Recent status = NT status system = iucn3.1 trend = increasing regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Marsupialia ordo = Diprotodontia… …   Wikipedia

  • Bettong — Taxobox name = BettongsMSW3 Groves|pages=57 58] image width = 200px image caption = Eastern Bettong regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia infraclassis = Marsupialia ordo = Diprotodontia familia = Potoroidae subfamilia =… …   Wikipedia

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