Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 . Nat. Misc., 1, pl. 33 (text).

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Cooktown (=" New Holland ") .

DISTRIBUTION: E. and C. Queensland; Victoria; New South Wales; S. South Australia; Tasmania.

COMMENT: Opinion 760 of the ICZN placed this name on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology; see Anon., 1966, Bull. Zool. Nomenci., 22:292-295; and Calaby, Mack, and Ride, 1963, Bull. Zool. Nomenci., 20:376-379 for discussion. Revised by Kirsch and Poole, 1972, Aust. J. Zool., 20:315-319.

PROTECTED STATUS: U.S. ESA - Threatened, all subspecies except M. g. tasmaniensis. U.S. ESA - Endangered as M. g. tasmaniensis subspecies only.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402012011007001.