Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790

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Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790

Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 , Nat. Misc., 1: pl. 33 (text).

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Cooktown (= " New Holland "), King's Plains.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Grey Kangaroo.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) giganteus subsp. giganteus Shaw 1790

Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) giganteus subsp. tasmaniensis Le Souef 1923

Distribution: E and C Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, SE South Australia, and Tasmania ( Australia).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as M. g. tasmaniensis ; otherwise Delisted Taxa (recovered); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as M. g. tasmaniensis , otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Abundant throughout E Australia.

Discussion: Subgenus Macropus . Opinion 760 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1966) placed this name on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, see Calaby et al. (1963) for discussion. Revised by Kirsch and Poole (1972) who discussed specific limits and the subspecies included in this taxon. See Poole (1982, Mammalian Species, 187).