Diprotodontia

Description

The Diprotodontes are the group more represented Mammifères Marsupiaux. They are divided into ten S comprising 117 S:

Their principal characteristic is that they have only one pair of broad incisors on the jaw lower. In addition fingers 2 and 3 their rear limbs are completely amalgamated except for the claws, they are syndactyles.

The majority of the diprotodontes have 3 pairs of incisors on the upper jaw but the Vombatidae have nothing any more but one of them. The lower canines are absent whereas the higher canines are variable in the face and form.

The majority of Diprotodontes is Herbivore, some secondarily became Insectivore S and others nourish sap and of nectar.

Origin

Diprotodontes were largest of the Marsupials which had ever existed. They lived between -1,6 million years (My) and - 50.000 years (during most of Pleistocene). Fossils of Diprotodon spp. was found at several places of Australia, with Crâne S and complete Squelette S, Poil S and prints of legs. Several skeletons of females were found with that of their baby placed in the Marsupium.

They lived in the forests, wood, the meadows, probably while remaining close to the water points. They ate sheets, shrubs and some grasses. Largest of them was size of a Hippopotame: approximately 3 meters of the nose to the tail and 2 meters with the garrot. Its closest descendants are the Wombat S and the Koala S. It is imagined that Diprotodontes are at the origin of the myth of the Bunyip (spirit or indigenous devil ).

External bonds

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