Overview
Taxonomy
The Suborder Vombatiformes is a member of the Order Diprotodontia. Here is the complete "parentage" of Vombatiformes:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Mammalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion: Zatheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Cohort: Marsupialia
(Illiger, 1811) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997 - Marsupials
- Magnorder: Australidelphia
(Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder: Eometatheria
(Simpson, 1970) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Grandorder: Syndactyli
(Gill, 1871) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder: Eparctocyona
Mckenna, 1975
- Order: Diprotodontia
Owen, 1866
- Suborder: Vombatiformes Burnett, 1830
- Order: Diprotodontia
Owen, 1866
- Mirorder: Eparctocyona
Mckenna, 1975
- Grandorder: Syndactyli
(Gill, 1871) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder: Eometatheria
(Simpson, 1970) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder: Australidelphia
(Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort: Marsupialia
(Illiger, 1811) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997 - Marsupials
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Sublegion: Zatheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
Mckenna, 1975
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Class: Mammalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Suborder Vombatiformes is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Series (1): Amniota
- Family (4): Diprotodontidae · Ilariidae · Phascolarctidae · Vombatidae
Families
Diprotodontidae
Ilariidae
Phascolarctidae
Phascolarctidae is a family of of the order Diprotodontia, consisting of only one extant species, the Koala, six well known fossil species, with another 5 less well known fossil species, and 2 fossil species whose taxonomy is debatable but is put in this group. The closest relatives of the Phascolarctidae are the wombats, which comprise the family Vombatidae. [more]
Vombatidae
Wombats are marsupials; they are short-legged, muscular quadrupeds, approximately 1 metre (39 in) in length with a very short tail. They are found in forested, mountainous, and heathland areas of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania. The name wombat comes from the Eora Aboriginal community who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. [more]
At least 16 species and subspecies belong to the Family Vombatidae.
More info about the Family Vombatidae may be found here.
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