Order Diprotodontia Author Colin P. Groves text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 45 62 book chapter 193479 10.5281/zenodo.7353075 f3e18b59-04c6-4ced-a95a-73477199b841 1-56098-217-9 7353075 Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 17:35 . TYPE LOCALITY: Australia , South Australia , Kangaroo Island . DISTRIBUTION: SW New South Wales , NW Victoria , South Australia , SW Western Australia , Tasmania , King Isl, and Kangaroo Isl ( Australia ). STATUS: Abundant, yet U.S. ESA - Threatened. SYNONYMS: melanops, ocydromus. COMMENTS: Subgenus Macropus ; see Kirsch and Poole (1972) for discussion of specific limits and subspecies included in this taxon and in giganteus .