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Macropus (Osphranter) rufus (red kangaroo)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Kangurus rufus was named by Desmarest (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macropus (Osphranter) rufus by Dawson and Flannery (1985); it was recombined as Macropus rufus by Burk et al. (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. agilissiva, M. birdselli, M. rankeni, M. wellingtonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Kangurus rufus Desmarest p. 541
1985Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Dawson and Flannery p. 488
1998Macropus rufus Burk et al. p. 459

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusMacropusShaw 1790
subgenusOsphranter(Gould 1842)
speciesrufus(Desmarest 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822 [red kangaroo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available