the scientific name of thegenus of the Australian animal called Musk Kangaroo.(Grk. hupsiprumnos, with a high stern.) A very small,rat-like, arboreal kangaroo, about ten inches long. The strongmusky odour from which it takes its vernacular name isperceptible in both sexes.
1874. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 73:
«The third and last subfamily (Hypsiprymnodontidae) of theMacropodidae is represented solely by the remarkable creatureknown, from its strong scent, as the Musk-kangaroo.»