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Macropus (Osphranter) rufus (red kangaroo)
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).
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
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1822 | Kangurus rufus Desmarest p. 541 |
| 1985 | Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Dawson and Flannery p. 488 |
| 1998 | Macropus rufus Burk et al. p. 459 |
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Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822 [red kangaroo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Bassarova et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Osphranter rufus (210197) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus rufus (182001) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Macropus rufus (182902) |