Talk:Macropodidae

message: I just uploaded some photos of the Red-necked Pademelon taken in Lamington National Park, Queensland. Could someone please craft a page for them? - See User:Gaz/Images - Thanks, Gaz 14:59, 7 Oct 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Red-necked pademelon

message: Should these be added to the classification? There are article for most of the fossil macropod genera now. --Peta 02:40, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure... as long as it's not done one genera at a time. Add all the fossil taxa that you can find at once. I had a conflict with another editor who just wanted to add the one fossil taxa that he wanted listed on another family article, without adding anything else.... - UtherSRG (talk) 11:04, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was hoping you'd have a list ;). I'll check the recent literature and see if there is anything missing. --Peta 21:18, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Fossil genera

message: Macropods are endemic to continental Australia, not withstanding the introduction of some animals to the UK or New Zealand they are native only to the Australian mainland, continental island of New Guinea, continental island of Tasmania, and some other smaller continental isles.122.106.228.67 (talk) 22:33, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Distribution

message: I have read the revised taxonomy of Kear and Cooke 2001 and the extinct genera resemble little of what is here. Am looking to revise this part based on this and other references others can provide. Of corse peer reviewed that is. Enlil Ninlil (talk) 06:00, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxonomy

message: 'Macropods' do not exist- The name of this page, including every single reference to 'macropod', should be changed to 'macropodid' (as in Macropodidae). For there to be such a thing as a 'macropod', an order specifically called 'Macropoda' must exist... but it doesn't!!! Ronny Corn (talk) 12:22, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: While it's true that the correct scientific term is "macropodid", that does not mean that there is no vernacular word "macropod" with essentially the same meaning. This word does, in fact,  exist (for example, it is listed in the Concise Oxford English Dictionary), and since Wikipedia prefers common terms to scientific ones where they exist, it is, in my view, the correct title for the article.Anaxial (talk) 18:34, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text:  Great to see the move. It's something that has always bugged me, so good work everyone. Cheers, T.carnifex (talk) 12:28, 23 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is no such thing as a 'macropod'!!! 

message: There seems to be a problem in this section.  It says "There are two subfamilies in the Macropodidae family: the Sthenurinae ... is now represented by just a single species, ... the Banded Hare-wallaby", but the "banded hare wallaby" is actually listed under lagostrophinae.  I presume there has been a reclassification, but the section needs to be consistent.
Baska436 (talk) 00:42, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. Lagostrophus is now placed in its own subfamily. Ucucha (talk) 00:53, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Classification 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: What were the creatures like that kangaroos developed from?  When did a big thumping tail develop? What were the nearest relatives in South America, Africa, Antarctica (Gondwanaland) like? MBG02 (talk) 18:16, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: , interesting questions, getting those facts in requires me to revisit library, one day. cygnis insignis 06:37, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Evolution 

message: *"Other species (e.g. Simosthenurus, Propleopus, Macropus titan) became extinct after the Australian Aborigines arrived and before the Europeans arrived." 
: I removed this from the lead as it is bare of references and any indication of the notability or relevance of a contentious debate surrounding human impact on megafauna. The earlier genera of mammals needs a lot more context, and mention of fossil taxa that had no direct threat from humans. cygnis insignis 06:15, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Again, similar to above, the lead is best as a summary of the content, which is awaiting expansion. cygnis insignis 06:33, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  bare statement