Bulungamayinae is a subfamily that allies fossil species of marsupials, showing close morphological features found in the modern

potoroine Potoroidae is a family of marsupials, small Australian animals known as bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby. Taxonomy The potoroids are s ...

s, the bettongs and potoroos of Australia. The group possess characteristics of their dentition that place them in an alliance with the modern potoroos, smaller long nosed

fungivore Fungivory or mycophagy is the process of organisms consuming fungi. Many different organisms have been recorded to gain their energy from consuming fungi, including birds, mammals, insects, plants, amoebas, gastropods, nematodes, bacteria and oth ...

s that dig and burrow. The premolars and incisors resemble the other potoroines, yet the molars accord with the herbivorous

macropodid Macropodidae is a family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups. These genera are allied to the suborder Macropodiformes, containing other macropods, and ar ...

s such as the kangaroos. Other characteristics of the ancestral group are found the two divergent families, and they were larger than modern potoroine species at around five to ten kilograms in weight, slightly more than the largest, the species ''

Aepyprymnus rufescens The rufous rat-kangaroo or rufous bettong (''Aepyprymnus rufescens'') is a small, jumping, rat-like mammal native to eastern Australia. It is the only species in the genus ''Aepyprymnus''. The largest member of the rat-kangaroo family (Potoroida ...

''. The genera within the subfamilial arrangement of Potoroidae may be summarised as follows, * family

Potoroidae Potoroidae is a family of marsupials, small Australian animals known as bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby. Taxonomy The potoroids are s ...

:* subfamily †

Palaeopotoroinae ''Palaeopotorous priscus'' is a fossil species of a diprotodont marsupial, known from specimens obtained in central Australia. The animal was similar to the modern species of the family Potoroidae, the potoroos and bettongs. Taxonomy The only ...

:* subfamily

Potoroinae Potoroidae is a family of marsupials, small Australian animals known as bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos. All are rabbit-sized, brown, jumping marsupials and resemble a large rodent or a very small wallaby. Taxonomy The potoroids are s ...

:* subfamily †Bulungamayinae ::* genus '' Bulungamaya'' ::* genus '' Wabularoo'' ::* genus '' Wanburoo'' ::* genus '' Nowidgee'' ::* genus '' Ganguroo''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q33140749 Extinct marsupials Potoroids