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Macropus Shaw, 1790

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Nat. Misc. vol.1 p.pl. 23 (text)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Diprotodontia
family
Macropodidae
genus
Macropus

Name

Synonyms
Boriogale Owen, 1874
Dendrodorcopsis Rothschild, 1903
Gerboides Gervais, 1855
Halmathurus de Serres, 1838
Halmatopus Wagner, 1841
Kalmaturus Gervais, 1835
Kanguru Illiger, 1811
Leptosiagon Owen, 1873
Macropus elegans Lambert, 1807
Megaloia
Osphrantes Giebel, 1855
Phascolagus Owen, 1873
Prionotemmus Stirton, 1955
Homonyms
Macropus Thunberg, 1805
Macropus Shaw, 1790
Macropus Günther, 1861
Macropus Fischer, 1811
Macropus Nuttall, 1834
Macropus Birula, 1893
Macropus Latreille, 1803
Macropus Spix, 1824
Macropus Horn, 1866
Macropus Audinet-Serville, 1835
Common names
Boz Kanguru in Turkish
Canguro in Italian
Canguros in Spanish
Gray Kangaroos in English
Grey Kangaroos in English
Jättikengurut in Finnish
Kangaroes en Wallabies in Afrikaans
Kangaroo in English
Kangguru in Indonesian
Kangoeroe in Dutch
Kangur in Polish
Kengur in Bosnian
Kenquru in Azerbaijani
Kängurud in Estonian
Typical Kangaroos and Wallabies in language.
Typiske kenguruer & wallabyer in Norwegian Bokmål
isokengurut in Finnish
Ķenguru ģints in Latvian
Исполинские кенгуру in Russian
Кенгуру in Belarusian
Ագեվազ in Armenian
կենգուրու in Armenian
קנגור in Hebrew
كنغر in Arabic
สกุล จิงโจ้ in Thai
カンガルー属 in Japanese
袋鼠屬 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al., 2020: null. Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia. 631.
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 760 Macropus Shaw, 1790 (Mammalia): addition to the Official List together with the validation under the Plenary Powers of Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22, 292-295 (1966)
  3. Nat. Miscell., 1, pl
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  6. Nowak, Ronald M., 1991: null. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.. 1629.
  7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  8. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  9. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  10. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  11. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  12. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.
  13. Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2015: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials. 1-799.
  14. as per family
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