Osphranter

Osphranter is a genus of large marsupials in the family Macropodidae, commonly known as kangaroos and wallaroos (among other species). It contains the largest extant marsupial, the red kangaroo (O. rufus).

Osphranter[1]
Red kangaroo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Osphranter Gould, 1842[1]
Type species
Osphranter antilopinus[2] Gould, 1842

In 2019, a reassessment of macropod taxonomy determined that Osphranter and Notamacropus, formerly considered subgenera of Macropus, should be moved to the genus level.^[3] This change was accepted by the Australian Faunal Directory in 2020.^[4]

The genus has a fossil record that extends back at least into the Pliocene.^[5]

Species

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Osphranter antilopinus, antilopine kangaroo
	Osphranter bernardus, black wallaroo
	Osphranter robustus, common wallaroo
	Osphranter rufus, red kangaroo