Osphranter is a genus of large marsupials in the family Macropodidae, commonly known as kangaroos and wallaroos (among other species). It contains the largest extant marsupial, the red kangaroo (O. rufus).
| Osphranter[1] | |
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| Red kangaroo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | Osphranter Gould, 1842[1] |
| Type species | |
| Osphranter antilopinus[2] Gould, 1842
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In 2019, a reassessment of macropod taxonomy determined that Osphranter and Notamacropus, formerly considered subgenera of Macropus, should be moved to the genus level.[3] This change was accepted by the Australian Faunal Directory in 2020.[4]
The genus has a fossil record that extends back at least into the Pliocene.[5]
Species
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Osphranter antilopinus, antilopine kangaroo | 
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Osphranter bernardus, black wallaroo | 
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Osphranter robustus, common wallaroo | 
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Osphranter rufus, red kangaroo | 
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References
edit- ^ a b Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 63–66. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Genus Osphranter Gould, 1842". Australian Biological Resources Study. Australian Government. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ Celik, Mélina; Cascini, Manuela; Haouchar, Dalal; Van Der Burg, Chloe; Dodt, William; Evans, Alistair; Prentis, Peter; Bunce, Michael; Fruciano, Carmelo; Phillips, Matthew (28 March 2019). "A molecular and morphometric assessment of the systematics of the Macropus complex clarifies the tempo and mode of kangaroo evolution". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (3): 793–812. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz005. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Price, Gilbert J.; Louys, Julien; Wilkinson, Joanne E. (2023-05-25). "Geologically oldest evidence of 'lumpy jaw' (Macropod Progressive Periodontal Disease) in kangaroos of Australia: implications for conservation management". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 47 (4): 543–550. Bibcode:2023Alch...47..543P. doi:10.1080/03115518.2023.2207624. ISSN 0311-5518.
External links
edit- "Onychogalea Gray, 1841". Atlas of Living Australia.
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