About two-thirds of Australian marsupials belong to theorderDiprotodontia, which is split into threesuborders, namely theVombatiformes (wombats and thekoala, four species in total); the large and diverse Phalangeriformes (the possums and gliders) andMacropodiformes (kangaroos,potoroos,wallabies and themusky rat-kangaroo). Note: this classification is based on Ruedas & Morales 2005.[clarification needed] However, Phalangeriformes has been recovered as paraphyletic with respect to Macropodiformes, rendering the latter a subset of the former if Phalangeriformes are to be considered a natural group.[5][6]
SuborderPhalangeriformes: possums, gliders and allies
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