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DIPROTODONTIA: BIG BEASTS AND SMALL

Diprotodontia is a diverse clade of living and extinct animals, such as the wonderful koala, the wombats, the o-less possums and cuscuses, and extinct titans such as Diprotodon and Palorchestes.

 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Nimiokoala greystanesi
Riversleigh rainforest koala
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Invictokoala monticola
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Madakoala spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Litokoala spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Koobor spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Perikoala spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Priscakoala lucyturnbullae
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Phascolarctos maris
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
†Phascolarctos stirtoni
giant koala
 
Vombatiformes | Phascolarctimorphia | Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctos cinereus
koala
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Thylacoleonidae
†Enigmaleo archeri
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Thylacoleonidae
†Microleo attenboroughi
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Thylacoleonidae
†Leaneleo spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Thylacoleonidae | Wakaleoninae
†Wakaleo spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Thylacoleonidae | Thylacoleoninae
†Thylacoleo spp.
marsupial lion
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Wynyardiidae
†Wynyardia bassiana
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Wynyardiidae
†Muramura spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Wynyardiidae
†Namilamadeta snideri
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Ilariidae
†Ilaria spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Ilariidae
†Kuterintja ngama
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Ilariidae
†Nimbadon spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Maradidae
†Marada arcanum
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
†Rhizophascolonus
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
†Nimbavombatus
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
†Phascolonus
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
†Warendja
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
†Ramasayia
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
†Sedophascolomys
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
†Vombatus hacketti
Hackett's wombat
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
Vombatus ursinus
common wombat
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
Lasiorhinus latifrons
southern hairy-nosed wombat
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Vombatidae
Lasiorhinus krefftii
northern hairy-nosed wombat
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Palorchestidae
†Propalorchestes spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Palorchestidae
Ngapakaldia spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Palorchestidae
Palorchestes spp.
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Palorchestidae
Pitikantia dailyi
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae
†Alkwertatherium
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae
†Diprotodon
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae
†Euowenia
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae
†Euryzygoma
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae
†Meniscolophus
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae
†Nototherium
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae
†Pyramios
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae
†Sthenomerus
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Hulitherium
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Kolopsis
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Kolopsoides
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Maokopia
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Neohelos
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Plaisiodon
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Raemeotherium
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Silvabestius
 
Vombatiformes | Vombatimorphia | Diprotodontidae | Zygomaturinae
†Zygomaturus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Burramyoidea | Burramyidae
†Burramys wakefieldi
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Burramyoidea | Burramyidae
†Burramys triradiatus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Burramyoidea | Burramyidae
†Burramys brutyi
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Burramyoidea | Burramyidae
Burramys parvus
mountain pygmy possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Burramyoidea | Burramyidae
Cercartetus caudatus
long-tailed pygmy possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Burramyoidea | Burramyidae
Cercartetus concinnus
western pygmy possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Burramyoidea | Burramyidae
Cercartetus lepidus
Tasmanian pygmy possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Burramyoidea | Burramyidae
Cercartetus nanus
eastern pygmy possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Ailuropinae
Ailurops melanotis
Talaud bear cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Ailuropinae
Ailurops ursinus
Sulawesi bear cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Ailuropinae
Strigocuscus celebensis
Sulawesi dwarf cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Ailuropinae
Strigocuscus pelegensis
Banggai cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger alexandrae
Gebe cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger carmelitae
mountain cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger gymnotis
ground cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger intercastellanus
eastern common cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger lullulae
woodlark cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger matabiru
blue-eyed cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger matanim
Telefomin cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger mimicus
southern common cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger orientalis
northern common cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger ornatus
ornate cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger rothschildi
Rothschild's cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger sericeus
silky cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Phalanger vestitus
Stein's cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Spilocuscus kraemeri
Admiralty Island cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Spilocuscus maculatus
common spotted cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Spilocuscus papuensis
Waigeou cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Spilocuscus rufoniger
black-spotted cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Phalangerini
Spilocuscus wilsoni
blue-eyed spotted cuscus
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Trichosurini
Trichosurus arnhemensis
northern brushtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Trichosurini
Trichosurus caninus
short-eared possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Trichosurini
Trichosurus cunninghami
mountain brushtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Trichosurini
Trichosurus johnstonii
coppery brushtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Trichosurini
Trichosurus vulpecula
common brushtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Phalangeridae | Phalangerinae | Trichosurini
Wyulda squamicaudata
scaly-tailed possum
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Pilkipildridae
†Djilgaringa spp.
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Pilkipildridae
†Pilkipildra spp.
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Ektopodontidae
†Ektopodon spp.
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Miralinidae | Miralininae
†Barguru
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Miralinidae | Miralininae
†Muralina
 
Phalangerida | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Miralinidae | Durudawirinae
†Durudawiri
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Acrobatidae
Acrobates pygmaeus
feathertail glider
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Acrobatidae
Distoechurus pennatus
feather-tailed possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Tarsipedidae
Tarsipes rostratus
honey possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Dactylopsila megalura
great-tailed triok
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Dactylopsila palpator
long-fingered triok
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Dactylopsila tatei
Tate's triok
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Dactylopsila trivirgata
striped possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
Leadbeater's possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Petaurus abidi
northern glider
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Petaurus australis
yellow-bellied glider
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Petaurus biacensis
Biak glider
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Petaurus breviceps
sugar glider
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Petaurus gracilis
mahogany glider
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Petauridae
Petaurus norfolcensis
squirrel glider
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae
†Pildra
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae
†Paljara
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae
†Marlu
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae
†Pseudokoala
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Hemibelideinae
Hemibelideus lemuroides
lemur-like ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Hemibelideinae
Petauroides volans
southern greater glideer
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Petropseudes dahli
rock-haunting ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudocheirus peregrinus
common ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudocheirus occidentalis
western ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudochirulus canescens
lowland ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudochirulus caroli
Weyland ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudochirulus cinereus
cinereus ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudochirulus forbesi
painted ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudochirulus herbertensis
Herbert River ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudochirulus larvatus
masked ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudochirulus mayeri
pygmy ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Pseudochirulus schlegeli
Vogelkop ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudochiropsinae
†Pseudochirops winteri
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudochiropsinae
Pseudochirops albertisii
D'Albertis' ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudochiropsinae
Pseudochirops archeri
green ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudochiropsinae
Pseudochirops corinnae
plush-coated ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudochiropsinae
Pseudochirops coronatus
reclusive ringtail possum
 
Phalangerida | Macropodiformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudochiropsinae
Pseudochirops cupreus
coppery ringtail possum
 
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