Reid kangaroo
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| Reid kangaroo[1] | |
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| Male at Melbourne Zoo | |
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| Female at Nashville Zoo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Mammalia |
| Infracless: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Faimily: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | Macropus |
| Species: | M. rufus |
| Binomial name | |
| Macropus rufus | |
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The reid kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the lairgest o aw kangaroos, the lairgest mammal native tae Australie, an the lairgest extant marsupial. It is foond across mainland Australie, avoidin anly the mair fertile areas in the sooth, the east coast, an the northren rainforests.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Macropus (Osphranter) rufus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Ellis, M., van Weenen, J., Copley, P., Dickman, C., Mawson, P. & Woinarski, J. (2016). Macropus rufus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40567A21953534.en
- ↑ Desmarest, A. G. (1822). "Kanguroo roux, kangurus rufus". Mammalogie, ou, Description des espèces de mammifères. 2. Paris: Agasse. pp. 541–542.
