Macropus giganteus

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Macropus giganteus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Ordo: Diprotodontia
Subordo: Macropodiformes
Familia: Macropodidae
Subfamilia: Macropodinae
Genus: Macropus
Species: Macropus giganteus
Subspecies: M. g. giganteus - M. g. tasmaniensis

[edit] Name

Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790

Type locality: Australia, Queensland, Cooktown (New Holland), King's Plains

Holotype: Neotype: QM J10749

[edit] References

• Macropus giganteus on Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Shaw, G. 1790. The Naturalist's Miscellany: or coloured figures of natural objects, drawn and described immediately from nature. London : G. Kearsley Vol. 1 [text to pl. 33]
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN link: Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 (Least Concern)
• Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 Report on ITIS

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