Belongs within: Macropodidae.
Contains: Macropus, Dendrolagini.
The Macropodinae includes the ‘true’ kangaroos and wallabies, as well as the tree kangaroos of the Dendrolagini.
The Macropodini is a clade including the ‘true’ wallabies and kangaroos. Members of this clade have high-crowned molars, reflecting a change in habit to grazing.
Characters (from Long et al. 2002): Lower incisors occluding inside upper incisor arcade; I2 absent; molars bilophodont; masseteric canal extending as far anteriorly as M1; hind foot lacking hallux.
<==Macropodinae | i. s.: Watutia Flannery & Hoch in Flannery, Hoch & Aplin 1989LA02 | `--*W. novaeguineae Flannery & Hoch in Flannery, Hoch & Aplin 1989LA02 |--MacropodiniFS15 | | i. s.: Prionotemnus Stirton 1955PW10, LA02 | | `--*P. palankarinnicus Stirton 1955LA02 | | Kurrabi Flannery & Archer 1984PW10, LA02 | | |--*K. mahoneyi Flannery & Archer 1984LA02 | | |--K. merriwaensis Flannery & Archer 1984LA02 | | `--K. pelchenorum Flannery, Rich et al. 1992LA02 | |--+--Baringa Flannery & Hann 1984PW10, LA02 | | | `--*B. nelsonensis Flannery & Hann 1984LA02 | | `--OnychogaleaFS15 | | |--O. fraenataFS15 | | `--+--O. lunataFS15 | | `--O. unguifera (Gould 1841)FS15, GM12 | `--+--Setonix brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard 1830)FS15, BD-D09 | `--+--MacropusFS15 | `--LagorchestesFS15 | |--L. asomatus Finlayson 1943R64 | |--L. conspicillatus Gould 1842BT79 | |--L. hirsutus (Gould 1844)GM12 | `--L. leporidesCB-E04 `--+--+--DendrolaginiPW10 | `--Thylogale Gray 1837FS15, LA02 | | i. s.: T. eugeniiR64 [=Protemnodon eugeniiS61] | | |--T. e. eugeniiR64 | | `--T. e. decres Troughton 1941R64 | | T. ignis Flannery, Rich et al. 1992LA02 | | T. wilcoxi (M’Coy 1866)S57 | |--*T. billardieri (Desmarest 1822)LA02, FS15, CB-E04 [=Protemnodon billardieriiS61] | `--+--T. thetis (Lesson 1827)FS15, BT79 | `--+--+--T. christenseni Hope 1981FS15, LA02 | | `--T. stigmatica Gould 1860FS15, BT79 | `--+--T. lanatusFS15 | `--+--T. browniFS15 | `--+--T. bruniiFS15 | `--T. calabyiFS15 `--DorcopsiniPW10 |--Dorcopsoides Woodburne 1967PW10, LA02 | `--*D. fossilis Woodburne 1967LA02 `--+--DorcopsulusFS15 | |--D. macleayiCB-E04 [=Dorcopsis macleayiBP87] | `--D. vanheurni (Thomas 1922)APB99 `--+--Dorcopsis Schlegel & Müller 1845PW10, LA02 | |--*D. muelleri (Schlegel 1866)LA02 | |--D. atrataCB-E04 | |--D. hageniCB-E04 | |--D. luctuosaCB-E04 | |--D. veterumPW10 | `--D. wintercookorum Flannery, Rich et al. 1992LA02 `--+--Congruus McNamara 1994PW10, LA02 | `--*C. congruus McNamara 1994LA02 `--Protemnodon Owen 1874FS15, LA02 |--*P. anak Owen 1874LA02 [=Macropus (Protemnodon) anakF71] |--P. agilisS61 |--P. antaeus Owen 1877F71 |--P. bandharr Dawson, Muirhead & Wroe 1999LA02 |--P. brehus (Owen 1874)LA02 [=Sthenurus brehusF71] |--P. buloloensis Plane 1967LA02 |--P. chinchillaensis Bartholomai 1973LA02 |--P. devisi Bartholomai 1973LA02 |--P. dorsalisS61 |--P. hopei Flannery 1992LA02 |--P. irmaS61 |--P. mimas Owen 1874F71 |--P. nombe Flannery, Mountain & Aplin 1983LA02 |--P. og Owen 1874F71 |--P. otibandus Plane 1967LA02 |--‘Macropus’ piltonensis Bartholomai 1975LA02 |--P. roechus Owen 1874LA02 |--P. rufogrisea [=Wallabia rufogrisea]S61 |--P. snewini Bartholomai 1978LA02 `--P. tumbuna Flannery, Mountain & Aplin 1983LA02
*Type species of generic name indicated
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