What is Macropus?
{{italic title}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Macropus'' | image = smallwallaby.jpg | image_width = 200px | image_caption = [[Red-necked Wallaby]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Diprotodontia]] | subordo = [[Macropodiformes]] | familia = [[Macropod]]idae | genus = '''''Macropus''''' | genus_authority = [[George Shaw|Shaw]], 1790 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = 14 species, see text. }} '''''Macropus''''' is a [[marsupial]] genus that belongs to the family [[Macropod]]idae. It has 14 species. The genus includes all land [[kangaroo]]s, [[wallaroo]]s and several species of [[wallaby]]. ==Taxonomy== * Genus ''Macropus'' ** Subgenus ''Notamacropus'' *** [[Agile wallaby]], ''Macropus agilis'' *** [[Black-striped wallaby]], ''Macropus dorsalis'' *** [[Tammar wallaby]], ''[[Macropus eugenii]]'' *** [[Toolache wallaby]], ''Macropus greyii'' (extinct) *** [[Western brush wallaby]], ''Macropus irma'' *** [[Parma wallaby]]: ''[[Parma wallaby|Macropus parma]]'' (rediscovered, thought extinct for 100 years) *** [[Pretty-faced wallaby]]: ''Macropus parryi'' *** [[Red-necked wallaby]]: ''[[Macropus rufogriseus]]'' ** Subgenus ''Osphranter'' *** [[Antilopine kangaroo]], ''[[Antilopine kangaroo|Macropus antilopinus]]'' *** [[Woodward's wallaroo]], ''[[Woodward's wallaroo|Macropus bernadus]]'' *** [[Eastern wallaroo]], ''[[Eastern wallaroo|Macropus robustus]]'' *** [[Red kangaroo]]: ''[[Red kangaroo|Macropus rufus]]'' ** Subgenus ''Macropus'' *** [[Western grey kangaroo]], ''[[Macropus fuliginosus]]'' *** [[Eastern grey kangaroo]], ''[[Macropus giganteus]]'' ==Other websites== {{wikispecies|Macropus}} {{commons-inline}} [[Category:Macropods]] [[Category:Marsupials of Australia]] {{-}} {{biology-stub}}