Macropus

Macropus is a marsupial genus that belongs to the family Macropodidae. It has 14 species. The genus includes all land kangaroos, wallaroos and several species of wallaby.

Macropus
Red-necked Wallaby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Suborder:	Macropodiformes
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Macropus Shaw, 1790
Species
14 species, see text.

Taxonomy

• Genus Macropus
  • Subgenus Notamacropus
    • Agile wallaby, Macropus agilis
    • Black-striped wallaby, Macropus dorsalis
    • Tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii
    • Toolache wallaby, Macropus greyii (extinct)
    • Western brush wallaby, Macropus irma
    • Parma wallaby: Macropus parma (rediscovered, thought extinct for 100 years)
    • Pretty-faced wallaby: Macropus parryi
    • Red-necked wallaby: Macropus rufogriseus
  • Subgenus Osphranter
    • Antilopine kangaroo, Macropus antilopinus
    • Woodward's wallaroo, Macropus bernadus
    • Eastern wallaroo, Macropus robustus
    • Red kangaroo: Macropus rufus
  • Subgenus Macropus
    • Western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus
    • Eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus

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