Macropus Shaw, 1790 . Nat. Misc., 1, pl. 23 (text).

COMMENT: Includes Megaleia and Protemnodon (sensu Haltenorth, 1958); see Kirsch and Calaby, 1977:17, 22. Rationale for present usage of Macropus given in Calaby, 1966, CSIRO Wildl. Res., 10:1 -55. Ride, 1962, Aust. J. Sci., 24:367-372, discussed generic nomenclature for all Macropodinae. Van Gelder, 1977, Am. Mus. Novit., 2635:1-25, included Thylogale and Wallabia in this genus; but see Kirsch and Calaby, 1977:17; Corbet and Hill, 1980:17- 18.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402012011000000 as Macropus .

5301402012012000000 as Magaleia (sic).