Life Mammalia Marsupialia Macropodidae

• Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842) NW.Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, S.New Guinea, Kiriwina. See [maps]

  • agilis Gould, 1842; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1841: 81; TL: Australia, Northern Territory, Port Ensington

  • Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis; [CoL]
  • Macropus agilis agilis; [CoL]
  • Macropus agilis jardinii; [CoL]
  • Macropus agilis nigrescens; [CoL]
  • Macropus agilis papuanus; [CoL]
  • Macropus agilis; [MSOW], 46
• Macropus antilopinus (Gould, 1842) N.Queensland, Northern Territory, NW.Australia. See [maps]

  • antilopinus Gould, 1842; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1841: 80; TL: Australia, Northern Territory, Port Ensington

  • Macropus (Osphranter) antilopinus; [CoL]
  • Macropus antilopinus; [MSOW], 46
• Macropus bernardus Rothschild, 1904 N.Northern Territory (interior)

  • Macropus bernardus Rothschild, 1904; Novit. Zool. 10: 543; TL: Australia, Northern Territory, head of South Alligator River

  • Macropus (Osphranter) bernardus; [CoL]
  • Macropus bernardus; [MSOW], 46 (extinct?)
• Macropus dorsalis (Gray, 1837) E.Queensland, E.New South Wales. See [maps]

  • dorsalis Gray, 1837; Mag. Nat. Hist. (Charlesworth), 1: 583; TL: Australia, New South Wales, ?interior (Namoi Hills)

  • Macropus (Notamacropus) dorsalis; [CoL]
  • Macropus dorsalis; [MSOW], 46
• Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817) SW.Australia, S.Australia, Kangaroo Is., Wallaby Is.. See [maps]

  • eugenii Desmarest, 1817; Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., 17: 38; TL: S.Australia, Nuyt's Arch., St. Peter's Island

  • Macropus (Notamacropus) eugenii; [CoL]
  • Macropus eugenii; [MSOW], 46
• Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) SW.New South Wales, Victoria, S.Australia, SW.Australia, Tasmania, King Is., Kangaroo Is.. See [maps]

  • fuliginosus Desmarest, 1817; Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., 17: 35; TL: S.Australia, Kangaroo Is.

  • Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus; [CoL]
  • Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Macropus fuliginosus melanops; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Macropus fuliginosus ocydromus; [CoL]
  • Macropus fuliginosus; [MSOW], 46; [iNaturalist]
• Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, S.Australia, Tasmania. See [maps]

  • Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790; Nat. Misc., 1: pl. 33 (text); TL: Queensland, Cooktown

  • Macropus (Macropus) giganteus; [CoL]
  • Macropus giganteus giganteus; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Macropus giganteus; [MSOW], 46; [iNaturalist]
  • M. g. tasmaniensis

    • Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Macropus greyi Waterhouse, 1846 SE.Australia - Victoria. See [maps]

  • Macropus greyi Waterhouse, 1846; Nat. Hist. Mammal., 1: 122; TL: S.Australia, Coorong

  • Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi; [CoL]
  • Macropus greyi; [MSOW], 46
• Macropus irma (Jourdan, 1837) SW.Australia. See [maps]

  • irma Jourdan, 1837; C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 5: 523; TL: W.Australia, Swan River

  • Macropus (Notamacropus) irma; [CoL]
  • Macropus irma; [MSOW], 47
• Macropus parma Waterhouse, 1846 E.New South Wales. See [maps]

  • Macropus parma Waterhouse, 1846; Nat. Hist. Mammal., 1: 149; TL: New South Wales, Sydney

  • Macropus (Notamacropus) parma; [CoL]
  • Macropus parma; [MSOW], 47
• Macropus parryi Bennett, 1835 E.Queensland, NE.New South Wales. See [maps]

  • Macropus parryi Bennett, 1835; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1835: 151; TL: New South Wales, Stroud (near Port Stephens)

  • Macropus (Notamacropus) parryi; [CoL]
  • Macropus parryi; [MSOW], 47
  • Protemnodon parryi;
• Macropus robustus Gould, 1841 W.Australia, S.Australia, S.Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Barrow Is.. See [maps]

  • Macropus robustus Gould, 1841; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1840: 92; TL: New South Wales, interior (summit of mts)
  • cervinus
  • erubesces

  • Macropus (Osphranter) robustus; [CoL]
  • Macropus robustus erubescens; [CoL]
  • Macropus robustus isabellinus; [CoL]
  • Macropus robustus robustus; [CoL]
  • Macropus robustus woodwardi; [CoL]
  • Macropus robustus; [MSOW], 47
• Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) SE.Australia, Victoria, E.Queensland, E.New South Wales, Tasmania. See [maps] Red-necked Wallaby

  • Kangurus rufogriseus Desmarest, 1817; Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., 17: 36; TL: King Island, Bass Strait, Australia, Tasmania
  • Macropus fruticus Ogilby, 1838; ; TL: Tasmania
  • Macropus benneti Waterhouse, 1838

  • Macropus (Notamacropus) rufogriseus; [CoL]
  • Macropus rufogriseus banksianus; [CoL]
  • Macropus rufogriseus fruticus; [CoL]
  • Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus; [CoL]
  • Macropus rufogriseus; [MSOW], 47

  800x595 (~219Kb) Kruezen Animal Park (Germany), March 2000, Photo © Ralf Schmode

  800x478 (~139Kb) Russia, Moscow zoo, 29.5.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov

• Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) Australia. See [maps]

  • rufus Desmarest, 1822; Tabl. Encycl. Meth. Mammal., 2: 541; TL: New South Wales, Blue Mts.

  • Macropus (Osphranter) rufus; [CoL]
  • Macropus rufus; [MSOW], 47
  • Megaleia rufa;

  800x568 (~184Kb) Hagenbeck Zoological Garden, Hamburg (Germany), May 1999, Photo © Ralf Schmode

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