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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER MACROPODIFORMES
--> FAMILY Macropodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Macropodinae
GENUS Macropus
| Author: | Shaw, 1790. | | Citation: | Nat. Misc., 1: pl. 23 (text). | | Type Species: | Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790. | | Comments: | Includes Megaleia and Protemnodon (sensu Haltenorth, 1958); see Kirsch and Calaby (1977:17). Rationale for present usage of Macropus given by Calaby (1966). Ride (1962) discussed generic nomenclature for all Macropodinae. Van Gelder (1977b) included Thylogale and Wallabia in this genus, but see Kirsch and Calaby (1977:17) and Corbet and Hill (1980:17-18). Dawson and Flannery (1985) divided this genus into three subgenera: Macropus, Notamacropus and Osphranter; almost certainly Notamacropus is paraphyletic. |
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| Offspring: SUBGENUS Macropus SPECIES fuliginosus SUBSPECIES fuliginosus SUBSPECIES melanops SUBSPECIES ocydromus SPECIES giganteus SUBSPECIES giganteus SUBSPECIES tasmaniensis SUBGENUS Notamacropus SPECIES agilis SUBSPECIES agilis SUBSPECIES jardinii SUBSPECIES nigrescens SUBSPECIES papuanus SPECIES dorsalis SPECIES eugenii SPECIES greyi SPECIES irma SPECIES parma SPECIES parryi SPECIES rufogriseus SUBSPECIES rufogriseus SUBSPECIES banksianus SUBSPECIES fruticus SUBGENUS Osphranter SPECIES antilopinus SPECIES bernardus SPECIES robustus SUBSPECIES robustus SUBSPECIES erubescens SUBSPECIES isabellinus SUBSPECIES woodwardi SPECIES rufus | Synonyms:
Boriogale Owen, 1874
Dendrodorcopsis W. Rothschild, 1903
Gerboides Gervais, 1855
Gigantomys Link, 1794
Halmatopus Wagner, 1841
Halmaturus Illiger, 1811
Kalmaturus Gervais, 1835
Kanguroo Lacépède, 1799
Kangurus E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire and G. Cuvier, 1795
Megaleia Gistel, 1848
Phascolagus Owen, 1874
Prionotemmus Stirton, 1955
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