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Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus (western grey kangaroo)

Osteichthyes - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Taxonomy
Kangurus fuliginosus was named by Desmarest (1817). It is extant.

It was recombined as Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus by Dawson and Flannery (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Kangurus fuliginosus Desmarest p. 35
1985Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus Dawson and Flannery p. 482

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AustralidelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDiprotodontiaOwen 1866
familyMacropodidae()
subfamilyMacropodinae
genusMacropusShaw 1790
subgenusMacropusShaw 1790
speciesfuliginosus(Desmarest 1817)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Macropus (Macropus) fuliginosus Desmarest 1817 [western grey kangaroo]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 14:34:36
Modified: 2012-05-14 23:34:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Bassarova et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Macropus fuliginosus (136073 136076 136430)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) Macropus fuliginosus (181307)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Macropus fuliginosus (28364)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Macropus fuliginosus (136074)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Macropus fuliginosus (181314)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Macropus fuliginosus (136172)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Macropus fuliginosus (183094)