Zygomaturus

Zygomaturus[1] is an extinct giant marsupial from Australia during the Pleistocene. It had a heavy body and thick legs and is believed to be similar to the modern pygmy hippopotamus in both size and build.[2] The genus moved on all fours.[2] It lived in the wet coastal margins of Australia and became extinct about 45,000 years ago.[2] Zygomaturus also is believed to have expanded its range toward the interior of the continent along the waterways.[2] It is believed to have lived solitarily or possibly in small herds. Zygomaturus probably ate reeds and sedges by shoveling them up in clumps with its lower incisor teeth.[2]

It was a large sized animal, weighing 500 kg (1100 lbs) or more and standing about 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall and 2.5 m (8.2 ft) long.