Western grey kangaroo
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Name (Latin)
Western grey kangaroo
Other forms of name
Black-faced kangaroo
Gray kangaroo, Western
Grey kangaroo, Western
Kangaroo Island kangaroo
nne Macropus fuliginosus
Macropus malanops
Macropus ocydromus
Mallee kangaroo
Sooty kangaroo
Western gray kangaroo
See Also From tracing topical name
Macropus
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q510022
Library of congress:
sh 93002261
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 93-15419: Ryden, H. Joey, c1994(Kangaroo Island kangaroo; Macropus fuliginosus)
- Walker mam. world:under wallabies, wallaroos, and kangaroos (Macropus: M. fuliginosus (Western gray kangaroo; habitats: southern WA, southern S. Aust., western & central NSW, southern Qnsld., western Vic. & Kangaroo Island))
- Mam. species of the world(Macropus fuliginosus)
- Corbet world list of mam. species(Family Macropodidae; Macropus: M. fuliginosus (Western grey kangaroo))
- Strahan, R. Dict. Aust. mam. names, 1981:p. 84 (Macropus fuliginosus, Western grey kangaroo, Black-faced kangaroo, Mallee kangaroo, Sooty kangaroo)
- Complete book Aust. mam., 1984:p. 248 (Western grey kangaroo; previous sci. names: Macropus ocydromus, Macropus malanops)
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Wikipedia description:
The western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and (when referring to the Kangaroo Island subspecies) Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western Australia and South Australia, into western Victoria, and in the entire Murray–Darling basin in New South Wales and Queensland.
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