Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 66

Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822

Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822 , Mammalogie, in: Encycl. Meth., 2 (Suppl.): 541.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Blue Mtns.

Vernacular Names: Red Kangaroo.

Synonyms: Macropus (Osphranter) dissimulatus W. Rothschild 1905 ; Macropus (Osphranter) griseolanosus (Quoy and Gaimard 1825) ; Macropus (Osphranter) laniger (Gaimard 1823) ; Macropus (Osphranter) lanigerus Gray 1825 ; Macropus (Osphranter) lanosus ( Gray 1827) ; Macropus (Osphranter) occidentalis Cahn 1906 ; Macropus (Osphranter) pallidus Schwarz 1910 ; Macropus (Osphranter) pictus Gould 1861 ; Macropus (Osphranter) ruber Crisp 1862 .

Distribution: Mainland, mid-latitude Australia.

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Delisted Taxa (recovered); IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Very abundant.

Discussion: Maintained in a monotypic genus Megaleia by McKenna and Bell (1997), but Dawson and Flannery (1985) showed that it belongs in genus Macropus , subgenus Osphranter .