Macropus Shaw, 1790

Colin P. Groves, 1993, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 45-62 : 53

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Macropus Shaw, 1790 View in CoL . Nat. Mise., 1, pl. 23 (text).

TYPE SPECIES: Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 View in CoL .

SYNONYMS: Boriogale , Dendrodorcopsis, Gerboides, Gigantomys, Halmatopus , Halmaturus , Kängurus, Megaleia, Notamacropus, Osphranter, Phascolagus, Prionotemmus .

COMMENTS: Includes Megaleia and Protemnodon (sensu Haltenorth, 1958) ; see Kirsch and Calaby (1977:17). Rationale for present usage of Macropus given by Calaby (1966). Ride (1962) discussed generic nomenclature for all Macropodinae. Van Gelder (1977b) included Thylogale and Wallabia in this genus, but see Kirsch and Calaby (1977: 17) and Corbet and Hill (1980:17-18). Dawson and Flannery (1985) divided this genus into three subgenera: Macropus, Notamacropus and Osphranter .