Macropus rufus (Desmarest, 1822) . Mammalogis. In Encycl. Méth., 2(Suppl.):541.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, New South Wales, Blue Mtns .

DISTRIBUTION: Mainland, mid-latitude Australia.

STATUS: U.S. ESA - Threatened; yet very abundant.

SYNONYMS: dissimulatus, griseolanosus, lanigerus, occidentalis, pallidus, pictus, ruber.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Osphranter .