Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 17:36.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Tasmania, King Island .

DISTRIBUTION: SE South Australia, Victoria, SE Queensland, E New South Wales, Tasmania, King Isl and adjacent islands (Australia); introduced in England (Corbet and Hill, 1980:18).

STATUS: Common.

SYNONYMS: banksianus, bennetti, fruticus, griseus, leptonyx, ruficollis, rutilus, vinosus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Notamacropus .