Congruus kitcheneri is an extinct macropodin kangaroo that was originally described as Wallabia kitcheneri. The species was adapted to a semiarboreal lifestyle, with several features of its skeleton that align better with tree-kangaroos than ground-dwelling macropodines.
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Skeletal element: cranium
Specimen number: WAM P02.07.12
Geological age: Pleistocene
State/territory: Western Australia
Locality/site: Leaenas Breath Cave
Skeletal element: mandible (left)
Specimen number:WAM P02.07.12
Geological age: Pleistocene
State/territory:Western Australia
Locality/site: Leaenas Breath Cave
Skeletal element: cranium
Specimen number: WAM P03.5.3
Geological age: Pleistocene
State/territory: Western Australia
Locality/site: Leaenas Breath Cave
Flannery, T. F. (1989). A new species of Wallabia (Macropodinae: Marsupialia) from Pleistocene deposits in Mammoth Cave, southwestern Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 14(3), 299-307.
Warburton, N. M., & Prideaux, G. J. (2021). The skeleton of Congruus kitcheneri, a semiarboreal kangaroo from the Pleistocene of southern Australia. Royal Society Open Science, 8(3), 202216.