Diprotodontia

DiprotodontiaOwen, 1866

Accepted name, MR.284

Recognized as an order by Aplin and Archer (1987) who proposed a new syncretic classification of the marsupials. Divided into three suborders by Kirsch et al. (1997); their arrangement is followed here.

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.