Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817) . Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., 17:35.
TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, South Australia, Kangaroo Island .
DISTRIBUTION: S.W. New South Wales; Victoria; South Australia; S. W. Western Australia; Tasmania; King Isl.; Kangaroo Isl.
COMMENT: See Kirsch and Poole, 1972, Aust. J. Zool., 20:315-339, for discussion of species limits and subspecies included in this taxon and in giganteus .
PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Threatened.
ISIS NUMBER: 5301402012011006001.