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Macropus

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Genus of marsupials

Macropus[1]
Temporal range:Miocene - Present
Eastern grey kangaroo
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraclass:Marsupialia
Order:Diprotodontia
Family:Macropodidae
Subfamily:Macropodinae
Genus:Macropus
Shaw, 1790
Type species
Macropus giganteus
Shaw, 1790

Macropus, from theAncient Greek wordsμακρός (makrós), meaning "long", andπούς (pous), meaning "foot", is amarsupialgenus in the familyMacropodidae. It has twoextant species of large terrestrialkangaroos. Thirteen known extinct species are recognised. Thetype species is theeastern grey kangaroo.

Taxonomy

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In 2019, a reassessment of macropod taxonomy determined thatOsphranter andNotamacropus, formerly considered subgenera, should be moved to the genus level.[2] This change was accepted by theAustralian Faunal Directory in 2020.[3]

Extant Species

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ImageScientific nameDistribution
Western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
Eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)

Fossils

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A currently-unnamedPleistoceneMacropus species fromAustralia was the largest kangaroo ever, with an estimated mass of around 274 kg (~604 lb).[4]

References

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  1. ^Groves, C. P. (2005)."Order Diprotodontia". InWilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.).Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 63–66.ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^Celik, Mélina; Cascini, Manuela; Haouchar, Dalal; Van Der Burg, Chloe; Dodt, William; Evans, Alistair; Prentis, Peter; Bunce, Michael; Fruciano, Carmelo; Phillips, Matthew (28 March 2019)."A molecular and morphometric assessment of the systematics of theMacropus complex clarifies the tempo and mode of kangaroo evolution".Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.186 (3):793–812.doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz005. Retrieved1 March 2020.
  3. ^"Names List for MACROPODIDAE, Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Department of the Environment and Energy. 13 February 2020. Retrieved1 March 2020.
  4. ^Hocknull, Scott A.; Lewis, Richard; Arnold, Lee J.; Pietsch, Tim; Joannes-Boyau, Renaud; Price, Gilbert J.; Moss, Patrick; Wood, Rachel; Dosseto, Anthony; Louys, Julien; Olley, Jon (2020-05-18)."Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration".Nature Communications.11 (1): 2250.Bibcode:2020NatCo..11.2250H.doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15785-w.ISSN 2041-1723.PMC 7231803.PMID 32418985.

Further reading

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