Macropus
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| Macropod[1] | |
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| Eastren Grey Kangaroo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Infracless: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Suborder: | Macropodiformes |
| Faimily: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | Macropod Shaw, 1790 |
| Teep species | |
| Macropus giganteus | |
| Species | |
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13 species, see text. | |
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| Whaur Macropus species bide. Darker pairts hae mair species. | |
Macropus is a marsupial genus in the faimily Macropodidae. It haes 13 species, that are dealt intae 3 subgenera. The genus includes aw kangaroos, wallaroos an several species o wallaby. Macropus comes frae the Ancient Greek wirds makros ("muckle") an pous ("fit"). 11 extinct species in this genus ar kent. The type species is the Eastren Grey Kangaroo.
Taxonomy
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Genus Macropods
- Subgenus Notamacropus
- agile wallaby, Macropus agilis
- black-striped wallaby, Macropus dorsalis
- tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii
- †toolache wallaby, Macropus greyii (extinct)
- Wastren Brush Wallaby, Macropus irma
- parma wallaby: Macropus parma (rediscovered, thocht extinct for 100 years)
- whiptail wallaby: Macropus parryi
- reid-necked wallaby: Macropus rufogriseus
- Subgenus Osphranter
- antilopine kangaroo, Macropus antilopinus
- black wallaroo, Macropus bernardus
- common wallaroo, Macropus robustus
- reid kangaroo: Macropus rufus
- †Macropus titan
- †Macropus pearsoni
- Subgenus Macropus
- wastren grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus
- eastren grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus
- Subgenus Notamacropus
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 58–70. OCLC 62265494. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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