Bohra (mammal)

Bohra
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Macropodinae
Genus: †Bohra
Flannery & Szalay, 1982
Type species
†Bohra paulae
Flannery & Szalay, 1982
Other species
  • †B. bandharr Dawson, Muirhead & Wroe, 1999
  • †B. bila Dawson, 2004b
  • †B. illuminata Prideaux & Warburton, 2008
  • †B. nullarbora Prideaux & Warburton, 2009
  • †B. planei Prideaux & Warburton, 2023
  • †B. wilkinsonorum Dawson, 2004a
Synonyms
  • Protemnodon bandharr Dawson, Muirhead & Wroe, 1999
  • Silvaroo bandharr Dawson, 2004b
  • Silvaroo bila Dawson, 2004b

Bohra is an extinct genus of macropod from the Plio-Pleistocene of Australia. It is closely related to modern tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus), and like them is thought to have had an arboreal lifestyle, with some species of Bohra substantially exceeding living tree kangaroos in size.

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