Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Diprotodontia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 43-70 : 64

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scientific name

Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790
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Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 View in CoL

Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790 View in CoL , Nat. Misc., 1: pl. 33 (text).

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Cooktown (= " New Holland "), King's Plains.

Vernacular Names: Eastern Grey Kangaroo.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) giganteus subsp. giganteus Shaw 1790

Subspecies Macropus (Macropus) giganteus subsp. tasmaniensis Le Souef 1923

Distribution: E and C Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, SE South Australia, and Tasmania ( Australia).

Conservation: U.S. ESA – Endangered as M. g. tasmaniensis ; otherwise Delisted Taxa (recovered); IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) as M. g. tasmaniensis , otherwise Lower Risk (lc). Abundant throughout E Australia.

Discussion: Subgenus Macropus . Opinion 760 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1966) placed this name on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology, see Calaby et al. (1963) for discussion. Revised by Kirsch and Poole (1972) who discussed specific limits and the subspecies included in this taxon. See Poole (1982, Mammalian Species, 187).

ESA

Universidade de São Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Diprotodontia

Family

Macropodidae

Genus

Macropus

Loc

Macropus (Macropus) giganteus Shaw 1790

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Macropus (Macropus) giganteus

Shaw 1790: pl. 33 (text)
1790
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