MACROPUS. 333 



Macropus giganteus. 



Yerboa gigantea, Zimmerman Spec. Geogr. Quad., p. 526 (1777). 

 Macropus giganteus, Shaw Nat. Misc., i, pi. xxxiii (1790) ; Blytk Cat., p. 



183; TIio7nas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 15. 

 Macropus major, Shaw Gen. Zool., i, pt. ii, p. 505 (1800); Gould Mamvi, 



Atistr., ii, pis. i, ii. 



Distribution. — Australia generally, except the extreme north. 



Macropus rufus. 



Kangurus rufus, Desmarest Mamm. Suppl., p. 541 (1822). 



Macropus laniger, Lesson Man. Mamm., p. 226 (1827). 



Macropus rufus, Bennett Cat. N.H. Austr. Mus., p. 6 (1837)*; Thomas Cat. 



Mars. B. M., p. 25. 

 Osphranter rufus, Gould Mamm. Austr., ii, pis. vi, vii (1853). 



Distribution. — Eastern, South-Eastern and South Australia. 



a. Stuffed $ Purchased, 1886. 



6. Stuffed $ CachlanR., N.S.Wales Bengal Econ. Mus. 



c. Skeleton $ W. Rutledge. 



d. Skeleton South Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



e. Skin, skele- W. Rutledge. 



ton juv. 9 



Macropus ualabatus. 



Kangurus bruni, apud Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., (2), xvii, p. 42 



(1817). 

 Kangurus ualabatus, Lesson et Garnot Voy, Coquille Zool., i, p. 161, pi. vii 



(1826). 

 Macropus ualabatus, Lesson Man. Mamm., p. 227(1827); Thomas Cat. 



Mars. B.M., p 30. 

 Halnnaturus ualabatus, Gray App. Grey Travels Austr., ii, p. 402 (1841)*; 



Blyth Cat., p. 184 ; Gould Mamm. Austr., ii, pis. xxii, xxiii. 



Distribution. — New South Wales and Victoria. 



a. Stuffed N. S. Wales W. Rutledge. 



b. Skeleton Zoological Gardens. 



c. Skull No history, A.S.B. 



d. Skeleton $ No history, 1867. 



