Nombe
Extinct genus of macropodid
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Nombe is an extinct genus of macropodid containing a single species, Nombe nombe, which was formerly classified as a member of the genus Protemnodon.[1] It was native to New Guinea during the Late Pleistocene. It was relatively large in body size and is thought to have been a browser. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that it is a basal member of the subfamily Macropodinae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | †Nombe Kerr & Prideaux, 2022 |
| Species: | †N. nombe |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nombe nombe (Flannery, Mountain, & Aplin, 1983) | |
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