Diprotodontia

Translingual

Vombatus ursinus (common wombat or coarse-haired wombat)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”) + πρῶτος (prôtos, “foremost, front”) + ὀδόντ- (odónt-), stem of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

Proper noun

Diprotodontia

1. A taxonomic order within the class Mammalia – many marsupials, mostly herbivorous.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Metatheria/Marsupialia – infraclass; Australidelphia – superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Macropodiformes, Phalangeriformes, Vombatiformes (suborders)
  • Acrobatidae (feathertail gliders and feather-tailed possums), Burramyidae (pygmy possums), Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat-kangaroos), Macropodidae (kangaroos and wallabies), Petauridae (trioks, Leadbeater's possums, and wrist-winged gliders), Phalangeridae (brushtail possums), Phascolarctidae (koalas), Potoroidae (rat kangaroos, bettongs, and potoroos), Pseudocheiridae (ringtailed possums), Tarsipedidae (honey possums), Vombatidae (wombats) (families)
  • †Balbaridae, †Diprotodontidae, †Maradidae (extinct families)
  • †Palorchestidae, †Thylacoleonidae, †Wynyardiidae (extinct families, incertae sedis)

References

• Diprotodontia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Diprotodontia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Diprotodontia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Diprotodontia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Diprotodontia in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Diprotodontia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI