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Diprotodon

a gigantic pachydermoid marsupal mammal, resembling in most essential respects the kangaroo, the dentition especially showing many points of affinity. It is found in the Pleistocene or Upper Tertiary beds of Australia. DIPSACEÆ, the Teazel family, a natural order of exogenous plants, consisting of herbs or undershrubs. They are found in the S. of Europe, the Levant, and the Cape of Good Hope. Lindley enumerates 6 genera and 160 species.

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