Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 17:35.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, South Australia, Kangaroo Island .

DISTRIBUTION: SW New South Wales, NW Victoria, South Australia, SW Western Australia, Tasmania, King Isl, and Kangaroo Isl (Australia).

STATUS: Abundant, yet U.S. ESA - Threatened.

SYNONYMS: melanops, ocydromus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Macropus; see Kirsch and Poole (1972) for discussion of specific limits and subspecies included in this taxon and in giganteus .