Diprotodontidae
Diprotodontidae(order Marsupialia (or Diprotodontia), superfamily Vombatoidea) A family of extinct marsupials, most of which were of giant size. The largest, the rhinoceros-sized Diprotodon, survived until the late Pleistocene
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