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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIPROTODONTIA
--> SUBORDER MACROPODIFORMES
--> FAMILY Macropodidae
--> SUBFAMILY Macropodinae
--> GENUS Macropus
--> SUBGENUS Macropus
SPECIES Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus
| Author: | Desmarest, 1817. | | Citation: | Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 17: 35. | | Common Name: | Western Grey Kangaroo | | Type Locality: | Australia, South Australia, Kangaroo Isl. | | Distribution: | SW New South Wales, NW Victoria, South Australia, SW Western Australia, Tasmania, King Isl, and Kangaroo Isl (Australia). | | Status: | U.S. ESA – Delisted Taxa (recovered); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as M. f. fuliginosus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Abundant. | | Comments: | Subgenus Macropus; see Kirsch and Poole (1972) for discussion of specific limits and subspecies included in this taxon and in giganteus. |
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