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Macropus
Shaw, 1790
- wallabies, wallaroos, and kangaroos
(mammal)
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Entity:
Macropodinae (Subfamily)
..†Baringa (Genus)
..†Bohra (Genus)
..†Congruus (Genus)
..Dendrolagus (Genus) - tree kangaroos
..Dorcopsis (Genus) - New Guinean forest wallabies
..†Dorcopsoides (Genus)
..Dorcopsulus (Genus)
..†Fissuridon (Genus)
..†Kurrabi (Genus)
..Lagorchestes (Genus) - hare wallabies
..Onychogalea (Genus) - nail-tailed wallabies
..Petrogale (Genus) - rock wallabies
..†Prionotemnus (Genus)
..†Protemnodon (Genus)
..Setonix (Genus) - quokka
..†Synaptodon (Genus)
..Thylogale (Genus) - pademelons
..†Troposodon (Genus)
..Wallabia (Genus) - swamp wallaby
..†Watutia (Genus)
..Macropus (Genus) - wallabies, wallaroos, and kangaroos
....Macropus (Subgenus)
....Notamacropus (Subgenus)
....Osphranter (Subgenus)
Authorship
Original name
:
Shaw, 1790:pl. 33.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Macropoda
(Order)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
E.R. Lankester, 1877
: 453.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Macropodinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Macropus
(Subgenus)
Shaw, 1790
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Halmaturus
(Genus)
Illiger, 1811
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Synonymous name
:
Kangurus
(Genus)
Geoffroy & Cuvier, 1795
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Synonymous name
:
†
Protemnodon
(Genus)
Owen, 1873
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Including
:
Dendrodorcopsis
(Genus)
Rothschild, 1903
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Including
:
Megaleia
(Genus)
Gistel, 1848
Ref:
C.P. Groves, 2005
: 63.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
reuzenkangoeroes
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
wallabies, wallaroos, and kangaroos
:
kangaroos, wallabies
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026