Species of mammal
Red kangaroo[ 1]
A male at Healesville Sanctuary in Healesville , Victoria
A female at the Nashville Zoo in Nashville , Tennessee
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Marsupialia
Order:
Diprotodontia
Family:
Macropodidae
Genus:
Osphranter
Species:
O. rufus
Binomial name
Osphranter rufus
Synonyms [ 5]
Kangurus rufus Desmarest, 1822
Kangurus laniger Gaimard, 1823
Kangurus griseolanosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
Macropus lanigerus Gray, 1825
Kangurus lanosus Gray, 1827
Kangurus lanosus Gray, 1843
Macropus (Osphranter) pictus Gould, 1861
Macropus ruber Crisp, 1862
Macropus (Boriogale) magnus Owen, 1874
Macropus rufus dissimulatus Rothschild, 1905
Macropus rufus occidentalis Cahn, 1906
Macropus rufus dissimulator Lydekker, 1906
Macropus rufus pallidus Schwarz, 1910
The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus [ 5] ) is the largest of all kangaroos , the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia , and the largest extant marsupial . It is found across mainland Australia , except for the more fertile areas, such as southern Western Australia , the eastern and southeastern coasts, and the rainforests along the northern coast.
^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Macropus (Osphranter) rufus " . In Wilson, D. E. ; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0 . OCLC 62265494 .
^ Ellis, M.; van Weenen, J.; Copley, P.; Dickman, C.; Mawson, P.; Woinarski, J. (2016). "Macropus rufus " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 : e.T40567A21953534. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40567A21953534.en . Retrieved 19 February 2022 .
^ "Species Profile" . Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020 .
^ Desmarest, A. G. (1822). "Kanguroo roux, kangurus rufus " . Mammalogie, ou, Description des espèces de mammifères . Vol. 2. Paris: Agasse. pp. 541–542.
^ a b "Names List for MACROPODIDAE, Australian Faunal Directory" . Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Department of the Environment and Energy. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020 .