Macropus rufus

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Macropus rufus

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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 rufus

[edit] Name

Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822)

Type locality: Australia, New South Wales, Blue Mountains

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

[edit] 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)

[edit] References

• Macropus rufus 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).
• 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

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