U of U BIOL 5370 - CLADOGRAM OF RECENT MARSUPIALS

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CLADOGRAM OF RECENTMARSUPIALS(outgroups)AustralodelphiaAmeridelphiaSuborder“Polyprotodontia”SuborderDiprotodontiaMARSUPIAL CLASSIFICATION5 1 3 44 1 3 4Didelphis MarmosaChironectesORDER: DIDELPHIMORPHIAFamily: DidelphidaeOpossums, N&S America15 genera, 63 species_______= 50ORDER: DIDELPHIMORPHIAFamily: Didephildae5 1 3 44 1 3 4= 50Alphadon (Late Cretaceous, N. America)Didelphis (opossum)EXTINCT AMERIDELPHIABorhyaenidae (Oligocene – Pliocene)Thylacosmilidae (Pliocene)South American “marsupicarnivores”ProthylacinusBorhyaenaThylacosmilusEXTINCT AMERIDELPHIAArgyrolagidae (Oligocene – Pleistocene)South American marsupial “rodents”ArgyrolagusProargyrolagus4 1 3 43-4 1 3 4LestorosORDER: PAUCITUBERCULATA\Family: Caenolestidae“rat” & “shrew” opossums – S. America3 genera, 6 species_________= 46-48RhyncholestesCaenolestes_______= 505 1 3 44 1 3 4Marsupial hind feetMarsupial hind feetEXTINCT AUSTALODELPHIAMacropodidae (Pleistocene)ProcoptodonDiprotodon(Pleistocene)Neohelos(Miocene)EXTINCT AUSTALODELPHIADiprotodontidaegiant wombatsEXTINCT AUSTALODELPHIAThylacoleonidaecarnivorous PhalangeroidsThylacoleo(Pleistocene)Wakaleo(Miocene)4 1 3 43 1 3 4 _______=46= 4615 genera61 speciesAustralia & New GuineaORDER DASYUROMORPHIAFamily Dasuridae(marsupial carnivores)4 1 3 4-53 1 3 5-61 species; S. AustraliaMyrmecobius fasciatus________= 48-52ORDER DASYUROMORPHIAFamily Myrmecobiidaenumbat (marsupial anteater)4 1 3 43 1 3 4________= 46ORDER: DASYUROMORPHIAFamily: ThylacinidaeThylacine, Tasmanian “wolf”, “tiger” (Tasmania)4 1 2 43 1 3 4ORDER: NOTORYCTEMORPHIAFamily: Notoryctidae Marsupial moles1 genus, 2 species (Australia)Notoryctes typhlops________= 444-5 1 3 43 1 3 4Macrotis---------------- = 46-48Family Peramelidae(bandicoots, bilbies) 7 genera, 21 speciesAustraliaChaeropus (extinct)IsoodonORDER PERAMELAMORPHIAPerameles4-5 1 3 43 1 3 4Family: Peroryctidae(spiny bandicoots) 4 genera, 11 speciesNew Guinea & AustraliaORDER PERAMELAMORPHIAEchymiperaPeroryctes-------------- = 46-483 1 1 41 0 1 4Phascolarctos_________= 30________2 genera3 speciesAustralia1 0 1 41 0 1 4= 24VombatusLasiorhinusFamily VombatidaeWombats3 1 3 42 0 3 4= 40DactylopsilaStriped possum_________6 genera23 speciesAustralia &New Guinea3 1 3 42 0 3 4Ringtail possums5 genera14 speciesAustralia & New GuineaPseudocheirus Petauroides----------- = 403 1 2-3 3-42 0 3 3-4------------------ = 34-40Family: BurramyidaePygmy possums2 genera; 5 speciesAustralia & New GuineaBurramysCercartetus3 1 2-3 32 0 3 3Family: Acrobatidae(feather-tailed possums)2 genera, 2 species--------------- = 34-36Acrobates pygmaeusFeather-tail glider(Australia)Distoechurus pennatusFeather-tail possum(New Guinea)2 1 3 ?1 0 3 ?ORDER DIPROTODONTIAFamily: Tarsipedidae1 species, SW AustraliaTarsipes rostratus (honey possum, noolbender)------------- = 203 0-1 2 41 0 2 4PotorousPotorooBettongiaBettong5 genera, 9 speciesAustralia-------------- = 32-343 1 1 42 0 1-2 4Phalanger WyuldaCuscus Scaly-tailed possumORDER DIPROTODONTIAFamily Phalangeridae (possums) 6 genera; 18 species; Australia & New GuineaAilurops-------------- = 34-363 0-1 2 41 0 2 4Macropus__________= 32 - 34Petrogale Dendrolagus11 genera56 speciesAustralia & New


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