Macropus (Osphranter) robustus Gould 1840

Macropus (Osphranter) robustus Gould 1840, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840: 92.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, interior (summit of mountains).

Vernacular Names: Wallaroo.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Macropus (Osphranter) robustus subsp. robustus Gould 1840

Subspecies Macropus (Osphranter) robustus subsp. erubescens Sclater 1870

Subspecies Macropus (Osphranter) robustus subsp. isabellinus Gould 1842

Subspecies Macropus (Osphranter) robustus subsp. woodwardi Thomas 1901

Distribution: Australia: Western Australia, South Australia, S Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Barrow Isl.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable as M. r. isabellinus, otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Abundant.

Discussion: Subgenus Osphranter . See Richardson and Sharman (1976). McAllan and Bruce (1989) would date robustus from: The Athenaeum, 670:685 [29 August 1840].