Hulitherium was an extinct genus of Zygomaturidae, a marsupial from New Guinea during the Pleistocene. The marsupial had a height of 1 m (3 ft) and was close to 2 m (6 ft) long. Hulitherium may have fed on bamboo, like a panda.
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