Congruus is an extinct genus of macropod known from the Late Pleistocene of Australia. There are two species, Congruus kitcheneri, which was originally described as a species of Wallabia,[1][2] and Congruus congruus.[3] Specimens are known from Mammoth Cave, Western Australia, the Thylacoleo Caves (Nullarbor Plain) and the Naracoorte caves in South Australia.[2][3] Potential material is also known from Eastern Australia.[2] The morphology of the skull and limbs suggests that they were semi-arboreal browsers, moving slowly through trees, though they were larger than and not as specialised for climbing as living tree kangaroos.[2] They are thought to be members of the tribe Macropodini, and close relatives of the extinct genus Protemnodon.[4]
References
^Flannery TF. 1989A new species of Wallabia (Macropodinae: Marsupialia) from Pleistocene deposits in Mammoth Cave, southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14, 299-307.
