Red kangaroo

Red kangaroo; Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent
	A male at Healesville Sanctuary in Healesville, Victoria
	A female at the Nashville Zoo in Nashville, Tennessee
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	; Delisted (ESA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Osphranter
Species:	O. rufus
Binomial name
	Osphranter rufus; (Desmarest, 1822)
Synonyms
	List Kangurus rufus Desmarest, 1822 ; Megaleia rufa 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.

[msw3-1] 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.

[iucn-2] 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.

[3] "Species Profile". Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

[4] Desmarest, A. G. (1822). "Kanguroo roux, kangurus rufus". Mammalogie, ou, Description des espèces de mammifères. Vol. 2. Paris: Agasse. pp. 541–542.

[afd2020-5] "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.

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