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Red-necked Wallaby
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Suborder:	Macropodiformes
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Macropus Shaw, 1790
Species
14 species, see text.

Macropus is a marsupial genus that belongs to the family Macropodidae. It has 14 species. The genus includes all land kangaroos, wallaroos 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: Macropus parma (rediscovered, thought extinct for 100 years)
  - Pretty-faced Wallaby: Macropus parryi
  - Red-necked Wallaby: Macropus rufogriseus
- Subgenus Osphranter
  - Antilopine Kangaroo, Macropus antilopinus
  - Woodward's Wallaroo, Macropus bernadus
  - Eastern Wallaroo, Macropus robustus
  - Red Kangaroo: Macropus rufus
- Subgenus Macropus
  - Western Grey Kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus
  - Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus

See also

In Spanish: Macropus para niños

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