Definition of Macropods. Meaning of Macropods. Synonyms of Macropods

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Definition of Macropods

Macropod
Macropod Mac"ro*pod, n. [Macro- + -pod.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of a group of maioid crabs remarkable for the length of their legs; -- called also spider crab.

Meaning of Macropods from wikipedia

- Look up macropod or macropods in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Macropod may refer to: Macropodidae, a marsupial family which includes kangaroos, wallabies...
- formula for macropods is 3.0–1.2.41.000.2.4. Like the eutherian ruminants of the Northern Hemisphere (sheep, cattle, and so on), macropods have specialised...
- Macropod hybrids are hybrids of animals within the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos and wallabies. Several macropod hybrids have been experimentally...
- Kangaroos are marsupials from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning "large foot"). In common use the term is used to describe the largest species...
- Additionally, they are known for their ability to climb trees. Like most macropods, quokkas eat many types of vegetation, including gr****es, sedges and leaves...
- due to hunting and habitat destruction. They are the only true arboreal macropods. The evolutionary history of tree-kangaroos possibly begins with a rainforest...
- Wallaroo /wɒləˈruː/ is a common name for several species of moderately large macropods, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word...
- can mean any macropod of moderate or small size. Therefore, the listing below is arbitrary and taken from the complete list of macropods. Genus Notamacropus...
- evolution and diversification of fauna, especially mammals (e.g. first macropods and seals). Major evolution and dispersal of modern types of flowering...
- – a group of mammals that raise their young in a pouch, including the macropods, possums and dasyuromorphsoccupy many of the ecological niches placental...