Macropus giganteus

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Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Macropus

There are approximately 80 species in this genus:

M. accentifer · M. agilis (Agile Wallaby) · M. agilis agilis (Agile Wallaby) · M. agilis jardinii · M. agilis nigrescens · M. agilis papuanus · M. antilopinus (Antilopine Kangaroo) · M. argentatus · M. bedfordi · M. bernardus (Woodward's Wallaroo) · M. birdselli · M. brachyotis · M. caixana-foem · M. caixana-masc · M. canguru (Great Gray Kangaroo) · M. dorsalis (Black-Striped Wallaby) · M. eugenii (Tammar Wallaby) · M. eugenii decres (Tammar Wallaby) · M. eugenii derbianus (Tammar Wallaby) · M. eugenii eugenii (Tammar Wallaby) · M. ferragus · M. fraenatus · M. fuliginosus (Kangaroo Island Western Grey Kangaroo) · M. fuliginosus fuliginosus (Western Grey Kangaroo) · M. fuliginosus melanops · M. fuliginosus ocydromus · M. giganteus (Eastern Gray Kangaroo) · M. giganteus giganteus (Eastern Gray Kangaroo) · M. giganteus major · M. giganteus tasmaniensis (Eastern Grey Kangaroo) · M. gigas · M. goliah · M. gracilis · M. greyi (Toolache Wallaby) · M. hagenbecki · M. irma (Western Brush Wallaby) · M. keysseri · M. leporides · M. longimanus · M. lugens · M. lunatus · M. magnus · M. major · M. manicatus · M. melanops · M. mundjabus · M. ocydromus · M. parma (Parma Wallaby) · M. parryi (Pretty-Faced Wallaby) · M. pearsoni · M. phasianellus · M. pictus · M. piltonensis · M. rama · M. robustus (Common Wallaroo) · M. robustus cervinus · M. robustus erubescens · M. robustus gould (Hill Wallaroo) · M. robustus isabellinus (Barrow Island Euro) · M. robustus robustus · M. robustus woodwardi · M. ruficollis · M. rufiventer · M. rufogrisea · M. rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallabies) · M. rufogriseus banksianus · M. rufogriseus frutica (Red-Necked Wallaby) · M. rufogriseus fruticus · M. rufogriseus rufogriseus (Bennett's Wallabies) · M. rufus (Red Kangaroo) · M. rufus dissimulatus · M. rufus pallidus · M. rufus rufus · M. siva · M. thor · M. titan · M. trochlearis · M. unguifer · M. vinceus · M. x

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Notes

Contributors

• Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 18, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 11 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 18, 2007:

• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2480257
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-552733
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816740
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 552733
• IUCN ID: 41513
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 138127

Footnotes

1. Mean = 249.830 meters (819.652 feet), Standard Deviation = 464.280 based on 263 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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