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Macropus
Taxonomy
Macropus was named by Shaw (1790). It is extant. Its type is Macropus giganteus.
It was assigned to Macropina by Gray (1825); to Macropodidae by Lydekker (1894), Marshall (1974) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Pocock (1921), Flannery and Archer (1984), Dawson and Flannery (1985) and Burk et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Macropina by Gray (1825); to Macropodidae by Lydekker (1894), Marshall (1974) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Macropodinae by Pocock (1921), Flannery and Archer (1984), Dawson and Flannery (1985) and Burk et al. (1998).
Species
Halmaturus brachyurus, Halmaturus indra, Halmaturus vinceus, Halmaturus vishnu, M. (Macropus) (syn. M. (Fissuridon)), M. (Notamacropus), M. (Osphranter), M. (Petrogale), M. anak (syn. Protemnodon og), M. atlas, M. brehus, M. dryas, M. elegans, M. goliah, M. mimas, M. minor, M. narada, M. raechus, M. rama, M. rufogriseus, M. woodsi
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1790 | Macropus Shaw |
| 1807 | Macropus elegans Lambert |
| 1811 | Halmaturus Illiger p. 80 |
| 1825 | Halmaturus Gray p. 339 |
| 1825 | Macropus Gray p. 339 |
| 1846 | Macropus (Halmaturus) Waterhouse |
| 1894 | Macropus Lydekker p. 254 |
| 1921 | Macropus Pocock p. 593 |
| 1974 | Macropus Marshall p. 66 |
| 1984 | Macropus Flannery and Archer |
| 1985 | Macropus Dawson and Flannery p. 478 |
| 1997 | Macropus McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Macropus Burk et al. p. 466 |
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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.
G. Macropus Shaw 1790
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Subg. Macropus (Macropus) Shaw 1790 [kangaroo]
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†Macropus (Macropus) ferragus Owen 1874
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Invalid names: Macropus (Leptosaigon) gracilis Owen 1874 [synonym]
Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus Desmarest 1817 [western grey kangaroo]
Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 [eastern grey kangaroo]
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Invalid names: Macropus faunus De Vis 1895 [synonym], Macropus magister De Vis 1895 [synonym], Macropus titan Owen 1838 [synonym]
†Macropus (Macropus) mundjabus Flannery 1980
†Macropus (Macropus) pan De Vis 1895
†Macropus (Macropus) pearsoni Bartholomai 1971
Invalid names: Leptosaigon Owen 1874 [invalid subgroup], Macropus (Fissuridon) Bartholomai 1971 [synonym]
Subg. Macropus (Notamacropus) Dawson and Flannery 1985 [wallaby]
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Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis Gould 1842 [agile wallaby]
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†Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis siva De Vis 1895
Invalid names: Osphranter stirtoni Marcus 1976 [synonym]
Macropus (Notamacropus) dorsalis Gray 1837 [black-striped wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) eugenii Desmarest 1817 [tammar wallaby]
†Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi Waterhouse 1846 [toolache wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) irma Jourdan 1837 [western brush wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) parma Waterhouse 1846 [parma wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) parryi Bennett 1835 [pretty-faced wallaby]
Macropus (Notamacropus) rufogriseus Desmarest 1817 [red-necked wallaby]
†Macropus (Notamacropus) thor De Vis 1895
†Macropus (Notamacropus) wombeyensis Broom 1896
Subg. Macropus (Osphranter) Gould 1842
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Macropus (Osphranter) antilopinus Gould 1842 [antilopine kangaroo]
Macropus (Osphranter) bernardus Rothschild 1904 [Woodward's wallaroo]
†Macropus (Osphranter) pavana Bartholomai 1978
Macropus (Osphranter) robustus Gould 1841 [eastern wallaroo]
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Macropus (Osphranter) robustus altus Owen 1874
Invalid names: Macropus birdsellii Tedford 1967 [synonym], Osphranter cooperi Owen 1874 [synonym]
Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822 [red kangaroo]
Invalid names: Dendrodorcopsis Rothschild 1903 [invalid subgroup], Megaleia Gistel 1848 [invalid subgroup], Phascolagus Owen 1874 [invalid subgroup]
Subg. Macropus (Petrogale) Gray 1837 [rock wallaby]
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Petrogale brachyotis Gould 1840 [Short-eared rock-wallaby]
Petrogale lateralis Gould 1842 [Black-flanked rock-wallaby]
Petrogale penicillata Gray 1827 [Brush-tailed rock-wallaby]
†Petrogale xanthopus Gray 1837
†Macropus atlas Owen 1838
†Macropus brehus Owen 1874
†Macropus dryas De Vis 1895
†Macropus goliah Owen 1874
†Macropus mimas Owen 1874
†Macropus minor Owen 1877
†Macropus narada Bartholomai 1978
†Macropus raechus Owen 1874
†Macropus rama Bartholomai 1975
Macropus rufogriseus Desmarest 1817
†Macropus woodsi Bartholomai 1975
Invalid names: Halmaturus Illiger 1811 [synonym], Macropus elegans Lambert 1807 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available