''Silvaroo'' is an extinct genus of megafaunal

macropods Macropod may refer to: * Macropodidae, a marsupial family which includes kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, and several others * Macropodiformes The Macropodiformes , also known as macropods, are one of the three suborders of the ...

that existed in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

in the

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( ; referred to colloquially as the ''ice age, Ice Age'') is the geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fin ...

. Based on fossil evidence and affinities with the extant forest wallabies from the genera ''

Dorcopsis ''Dorcopsis'' is a genus of marsupial in the family Macropodidae Macropodidae is a Family (biology), family of marsupials that includes kangaroos, Wallaby, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas, and several other groups. ...

'' and ''

Dorcopsulus ''Dorcopsulus'' is a genus of small marsupials in the family Macropodidae, known as forest wallabies. They are native to rainforests and montane forests of New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papu ...

'' from

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...

, the two species of this genus were removed from the genus ''

Protemnodon ''Protemnodon'' is an extinct genus of megafaunal macropodids that existed in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea in the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Members of this genus are also called giant kangaroos. Protemnodon tumbuna Taxonomy Recent analy ...

'' to ''Silvaroo''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7515733 Prehistoric macropods Prehistoric mammals of Australia Pleistocene marsupials Prehistoric marsupial genera Fossil taxa described in 2004