Notamacropus eugenii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Tammar Wallaby

Notamacropus eugenii derbianus.  Side view.  Formerly Macropus eugenii.  Also as Dama Wallaby.
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Location:Australia, VIC, Melbourne ZooDate taken:Jan 1, 1976

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 203

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Australidelphia
Order : Diprotodontia
Suborder : Phalangerida
Superfamily : Macropodoidea
Family : Macropodidae
Subfamily : Macropodinae
Tribe : Macropodini
Genus : Notamacropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmarest, A.G. 1817. KANGUROO, Kangurus. Pp. 28–44 in Société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome XVII. Deterville, Paris, 622 pp.

Original name as described

Kangurus Eugenii

Other common names

Dama Wallaby · Kangaroo Island Wallaby

Type material

RMNH.MAM.59662

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"l'île Eugène [= St. Peters Island], " Nuyt's Archipelago, South Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Macropus to Notamacropus

Taxonomy notes citation

Celik, M., Cascini, M., Haouchar, D., Van Der Burg, C., Dodt, W., Evans, A.R., Prentis, P., Bunce, M., Fruciano, C. and Phillips, M.J. 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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 20 names and synonyms.

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