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Definition of Hypsiprymnodon
1. Noun. Musk kangaroos.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Macropodidae, Macropodidae
Member holonyms: Hypsiprymnodon Moschatus, Musk Kangaroo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypsiprymnodon
Literary usage of Hypsiprymnodon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"The Musk-Kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon, is the last genus of the present family, ...
The genus Hypsiprymnodon bridges over the not very wide gap which separates ..."
2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1877)
"... and on account of these peculiarities and differences, I have formed for its
reception the new genus I now propose to call Hypsiprymnodon, which may be ..."
3. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1877)
"... and on account of these peculiarities and differences, I have formed for its
reception the new genus I now propose to call Hypsiprymnodon, which may be ..."
4. Publication by Geological Survey of Queensland (1892)
"Obs. Both genus and species are founded on a left mandibular ramus, which seems
to indicate an animal allied to a gigantic Hypsiprymnodon. ..."