Belongs within: Macropodinae.
Macropus is a genus of mostly grass-eating kangaroos, including the larger living kangaroos and a number of smaller wallabies.
<==Macropus Shaw 1790ICZN66 [incl. Yerbua Forster 1778 (nom. rej.)R64] | i. s.: M. bennetti [incl. Protemnodon rufogrisea frutica]M64 | M. dryas De Vis 1895LA02 | M. lanigerG41 | M. narada Bartholomai 1978LA02 | M. rama Bartholomai 1975LA02 | M. ruficollisF71 | M. thetidesH71 | M. woodsi Bartholomai 1975LA02 |--+--M. pavana Bartholomai 1978LA02, PW10, LA02 [=M. (Osphranter) pavanaPW10] | `--M. (Macropus) [incl. Fissuridon Bartholomai 1973]LA02 | | i. s.: M. (M.) mundjabus Flannery 1980LA02 | | M. (M.) pan De Vis 1895LS01 | | M. (M.) pearsoni (Bartholomai 1973) [=*Fissuridon pearsoni]LA02 | |--M. (M.) fuliginosus Desmarest 1817PW10, FS15, RL05 [=M. major fuliginosusS61] | | |--M. f. fuliginosusCOA02 | | `--M. f. melanops Gould 1842COA02, G42 [=M. major melanopsS61] | `--+--*M. (M.) giganteus Shaw 1790ICZN66, FS15, ICZN66 (see below for synonymy) | | |--M. g. giganteusLA02 | | |--M. ‘major’ ocydromusS61 | | |--M. g. tasmaniensisUSDI77 [=M. major tasmaniensisS61] | | `--M. g. titan Owen 1838LA02, F71 | `--M. (M.) ferragus Owen 1874LA02, FS15, LA02 [=Pachysiagon ferragusF71] `--+--Wallabia Trouessart 1905FS15, LA02 | |--*W. bicolor (Desmarest 1804)LA02 [=Macropus bicolorPW10, Protemnodon bicolorS61; incl. M. ualabatusS61] | |--W. eugeniiTL70 | |--W. indra (De Vis 1895)LA02 | `--W. kitcheneri Flannery 1989LA02 `--+--+--M. bernardus Rothschild 1904FS15, S11 | `--M. (Osphranter Gould 1842)LA02 | |--M. (O.) rufus (Desmarest 1822)DMW99, FS15, S02 [=Megaleia rufaM64] | `--+--M. (*O.) antilopinus (Gould 1842)LA02, FS15, LA02 | `--+--M. altusWH02 | `--M. (O.) robustus Gould 1841PW10, FS15, S02 | |--M. r. robustusCOA02 | |--M. r. erubescensCOA02 | `--M. r. isabellinus (Gould 1841) [=Osphranter isabellinus]T13 `--+--M. irma Jourdan 1837FS15, RL05 `--M. (Notamacropus Dawson & Flannery 1985)LA02 | i. s.: M. (N.) thor (De Vis 1895)LA02 |--M. (N.) rufogriseus (Desmarest 1817)DMW99, FS15, BT79 `--+--+--M. parryi Bennett 1835FS15, S11 [=Protemnodon parryiS61] | `--+--M. dorsalis (Gray 1837)FS15, CO03 | `--M. parmaFS15 `--+--M. (*N.) agilis (Gould 1842)LA02, FS15, LA02 [=Halmaturus agilisB96] `--+--M. (N.) eugenii (Desmarest 1817)PW10, FS15, CO03 `--M. greyiFS15 [=Wallabia greyiWJ26]
*Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790ICZN66, FS15, ICZN66 [=Mus canguru Statius Müller 1776 (nom. rej.)CMR63, Didelphis canguruICZN66, Didelphys canguruICZN66, Jaculus canguruICZN66, Macropus canguruICZN66, Wallabia canguruCMR63, Yerbua kangaruICZN66, Zerbua canguruICZN66, Jaculus giganteus Erxleben 1777 (nom. rej.)ICZN66, Didelphis giganteusICZN66, Didelphys giganteusICZN66, Yerboa gigantea Zimmermann 1777 (nom. inv.)R64, Macropus major Shaw 1800CMR63]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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