Published December 31, 1982 | Version v1
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Macropus fuliginosus

Description

Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817). Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., 17:35.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, South Australia, Kangaroo Island.

DISTRIBUTION: S.W. New South Wales; Victoria; South Australia; S. W. Western Australia; Tasmania; King Isl.; Kangaroo Isl.

COMMENT: See Kirsch and Poole, 1972, Aust. J. Zool., 20:315-339, for discussion of species limits and subspecies included in this taxon and in giganteus.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Threatened.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402012011006001.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Marsupialia, pp. 18-51 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353009

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Desmarest
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Marsupialia
Family
Macropodidae
Genus
Macropus
Species
fuliginosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Kirsch, J. A. W., and W. E. Poole. 1972. Taxonomy and distribution of the grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus Shaw and Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest), and their subspecies (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 20: 315 - 339.