with prehistoric taxa.

The specific epithet is derived from Latin term moschatus, meaning musky. The description as a new species of 'rat-kangaroo' was the last of the 19th century, bringing the total to nine species, and no other new species would be formally described for another 90 years.

Description

Hypsiprymnodon moschatus is the smallest species of the macropod order, weighing around . The total length of the head and body is , the weight range .Sexual dimorphism is not readily

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