Diprotodontia
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Vombatus ursinus (common wombat or coarse-haired wombat)
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δύο (dúo, “two”) + πρῶτος (prôtos, “foremost, front”) + ὀδόντ- (odónt-), stem of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).
Proper noun
Diprotodontia
- A taxonomic order within the infraclass Metatheria – kangaroos, wallabies, possums, koalas, wombats, etc.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - supercohort; Marsupialia - cohort
Hyponyms
- (order): Macropodiformes, Phalangeriformes, Vombatiformes (suborders)
- Acrobatidae (feathertail glider and feathertail possum), Burramyidae (pygmy possums), Hypsiprymnodontidae (musky rat kangaroo), Macropodidae (kangaroos and wallabies), Petauridae (some possums), Phalangeridae (brushtail possums), Phascolarctidae (koala), Potoroidae (rat kangaroos), Pseudocheiridae (ringtailed possums), Tarsipedidae (honey possums), Vombatidae (wombat) (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 at Bucknell.
- Diprotodontia at Encyclopedia of Life
- 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: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
