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
- 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.
- 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)
- Nat. Miscell., 1, pl
- 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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
- 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).
- Nowak, Ronald M., 1991: null. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.. 1629.
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
- SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds., 2015: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials. 1-799.
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