Macropus rufus

Macropus rufus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Macropodiformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Diprotodontia Subordo: Macropodiformes

Familia: Macropodidae
Subfamilia: Macropodinae
Genus: Macropus
Species: Macropus rufus

Name

Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822)

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Blue Mountains

Holotype: Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (not in MNHP)

Synonyms

• Macropus lanigerus Gray, 1825
• Macropus pictus Gould, 1861
• Macropus ruber Crisp, 1862
• Macropus rufus dissimulatus W. Rothschild, 1905
• Macropus rufus occidentalis Cahn, 1906
• Macropus rufus pallidus Schwarz, 1910
• Kangurus griseolanosus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
• Kangurus laniger (Gaimard, 1823)
• Kangurus lanosus (Gray, 1827)

References

• Macropus rufus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Desmarest, A. G. 1822. "Mammologie ou description des espèces de mammifères" part 2 in, Encyclopédie Méthodique (Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Méthodique.) Par ordre de Matières. Suppl. 2. Paris : Agasse [541].
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214
• IUCN link: Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) (Least Concern)
• Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) Report on ITIS

Vernacular names

English: Red Kangaroo
日本語: アカカンガルー
Polski: Kangur rudy, czerwony kangur olbrzymi
Português: Canguru-vermelho