Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Order Diprotodontia Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Infraclass Marsupialia Suborder Vombatiformes | |
Similar Hulitherium, Kolopsis, Silvabestius, Euowenia, Pyramios | ||
Maokopia is an extinct genus of Zygomaturinae from the Late Pleistocene of Irian Jaya, New Guinea. It is known from a partial skull and was a comparatively small species of diprotodontid. Murray (1992) suggested that it was most closely related to Hulitherium. The teeth indicate a diet of hard ferns and grasses that still grow in the alpine meadows of the area (Long et al., 2002).
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