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
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Macropus
Shaw, 1790
.
Nat. Mise., 1, pl. 23
(text).
TYPE SPECIES:
Macropus giganteus
Shaw, 1790
.
SYNONYMS:
Boriogale
,
Dendrodorcopsis, Gerboides, Gigantomys, Halmatopus
,
Halmaturus
,
Kängurus, Megaleia, Notamacropus, Osphranter, Phascolagus, Prionotemmus
.
COMMENTS: Includes
Megaleia
and
Protemnodon (sensu
Haltenorth, 1958
)
; see
Kirsch and Calaby (1977:17)
. Rationale for present usage of
Macropus
given by
Calaby (1966)
.
Ride (1962)
discussed generic nomenclature for all Macropodinae.
Van Gelder
(1977b)
included
Thylogale
and
Wallabia
in this genus, but see
Kirsch and Calaby (1977: 17)
and
Corbet and Hill (1980:17-18)
.
Dawson and Flannery (1985)
divided this genus into three subgenera:
Macropus, Notamacropus
and
Osphranter
.