abrocome
n. countablen. a small, extinct animal that lived in Australia. It looked like a small kangaroo and lived in the forests many thousands of years ago.
n. an extinct genus of small, forest-dwelling marsupials from the family Macropodidae. Fossil evidence suggests these animals were arboreal and inhabited the woodlands of Pleistocene Australia.
Scientists found the bones of an abrocome in the cave.
The discovery of an abrocome skull provided new evidence about the diversity of small marsupials in prehistoric Australia.
While modern kangaroos are adapted for open grasslands, the abrocome represents a lineage that evolved to thrive in the dense, humid environments of ancient Australian forests.
Last updated June 22, 2026