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 .