Macropus Shaw 1790
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Reeder, DeeAnn
Publisher: name: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Diprotodontia
Macropodidae
Macropus

description: Macropus Shaw 1790
Macropus Shaw 1790, Nat. Misc., 1: pl. 23 (text).
Type Species: Macropus giganteus Shaw 1790
Synonyms: Boriogale Owen 1874; Dendrodorcopsis W. Rothschild 1903; Gerboides Gervais 1855; Gigantomys Link 1794; Halmatopus Wagner 1841; Halmaturus Illiger 1811; Kalmaturus Gervais 1835; Kanguroo Lacépède 1799; Kangurus E. Geoffroy St. Hilaire and G. Cuvier 1795; Megaleia Gistel 1848; Phascolagus Owen 1874; Prionotemmus Stirton 1955.
Species and subspecies: 14 species with 16 subspecies in 3 subgenera:
Subgenus Macropus (Macropus) Shaw 1790
Subgenus Macropus (Notamacropus) Dawson and Flannery 1985
Subgenus Macropus (Osphranter) Gould 1842
Species Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis Gould 1841
Subspecies Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis subsp. agilis Gould 1841
Subspecies Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis subsp. jardinii De Vis 1884
Subspecies Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis subsp. nigrescens Lönnber 1913
Subspecies Macropus (Notamacropus) agilis subsp. papuanus Peters and Doria 1875
Species Macropus (Osphranter) antilopinus Gould 1841
Species Macropus (Osphranter) bernardus W. Rothschild 1904
Species Macropus (Notamacropus) dorsalis Gray 1837
Species Macropus (Notamacropus) eugenii Desmarest 1817
Species Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus Desmarest 1817
Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus subsp. fuliginosus Desmarest 1817
Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus subsp. melanops Gould 1842
Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus subsp. ocydromus Gould 1842
Species Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790
Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) giganteus subsp. giganteus Shaw 1790
Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) giganteus subsp. tasmaniensis Le Souef 1923
Species Macropus (Notamacropus) greyi Waterhouse 1846
Species Macropus (Notamacropus) irma Jourdan 1837
Species Macropus (Notamacropus) parma Waterhouse 1846
Species Macropus (Notamacropus) parryi Bennett 1834
Species Macropus (Osphranter) robustus Gould 1840
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
Species Macropus (Notamacropus) rufogriseus Desmarest 1817
Subspecies Macropus (Notamacropus) rufogriseus subsp. rufogriseus Desmarest 1817
Subspecies Macropus (Notamacropus) rufogriseus subsp. banksianus Quoy and Gaimard 1825
Subspecies Macropus (Notamacropus) rufogriseus subsp. fruticus Ogilby 1838
Species Macropus (Osphranter) rufus Desmarest 1822
Discussion: 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 (1977 b) 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; almost certainly Notamacropus is paraphyletic.
description: Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, pp. 43-70 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519