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 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 .