Macropus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Cladus: Eomarsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Macropodiformes

Familia: Macropodidae
Subfamilia: Macropodinae
Genus: Macropus
Species: M. agilis - M. antilopinus - M. bernardus - M. dorsalis - M. eugenii - M. fuliginosus - M. giganteus - †M. greyi - M. irma - M. parma - M. parryi - M. robustus - M. rufogriseus - M. rufus

Name

Macropus Shaw, 1790

Type species: M. giganteus
Shaw, 1790

Synonyms

Boriogale Owen, 1874
Dendrodorcopsis W. Rothschild, 1903
Gerboides Gervais, 1855
Gigantomys Link, 1794
Halmatopus Wagner, 1841
Halmaturus Illiger, 1811
Kalmaturus Gervais, 1835
Kanguroo Lacépède, 1799
Kangurus E. Geoffroy & G. Cuvier, 1795
Megaleia Gistel, 1848
Notamacropus Dawson & Flannery, 1985
Osphranter Gould, 1842
Phascolagus Owen, 1874
Prionotemmus Stirton, 1855

References

Macropus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Nat. Misc., 1, pl. 23 (text)
Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
Phillips, M.J. et al. 2013: Inferring kangaroo phylogeny from incongruent nuclear and mitochondrial genes. PLoS ONE, 8(2): e57745. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057745

Vernacular names

العربية: كنغر
azərbaycanca: Kenquru
bosanski: Kengur
English: Kangaroo
suomi: Jättikengurut
עברית: קנגור
Bahasa Indonesia: Kangguru
日本語: カンガルー属
Latina: Macropus
latviešu: Ķenguru ģints
Nederlands: Kangoeroe
polski: Kangur
русский: Исполинские кенгуру

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