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Definition of Macropus major

Macropus major
Kangaroo Kan"ga*roo", n. [Said to be the native name.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodid[ae]. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, They have long and strong hind legs and a large tail, while the fore legs are comparatively short and feeble. The giant kangaroo (Macropus major) is the largest species, sometimes becoming twelve or fourteen feet in total length. The tree kangaroos, belonging to the genus Dendrolagus, live in trees; the rock kangaroos, of the genus Petrogale, inhabit rocky situations; and the brush kangaroos, of the genus Halmaturus, inhabit wooded districts. See Wallaby.

Meaning of Macropus major from wikipedia

- kangaroo was described by George Shaw in 1790 as Macropus giganteus. There are two subspecies: Macropus giganteus giganteus – found in eastern and central...
- Morgan, from Krefft's The Mammals of Australia (1871f). The Kangaroo, Macropus major, illustration by Helena Forde, from Krefft's The Mammals of Australia...
- Vendl, C.; et al. (2017). "Merycism in western grey (Macropus fuliginosus) and red kangaroos (Macropus rufus)". Mammalian Biology. 86: 21–26. doi:10.1016/j...
- 2024-04-07. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macropus agilis. Wikispecies has information related to Macropus agilis. Photo of female with young wallaby...
- but the young are even darker than those of anatum. Falco peregrinus macropus, described by Swainson in 1837, is the Australian peregrine falcon. It...
- tracts and commissural fibres in the forebrain of the tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii): timing in comparison with other mammals". Brain, Behavior and...
- tb05152.x. Sadleir RM (1965). "Reproduction in two species of kangaroo (Macropus robustus and Megaleia rufa in the arid Pilbara region of Western Australia"...
- was at the very least capable of climbing trees. Incisions on bones of Macropus titan, and the general morphology of Thylacoleo suggests that it fed in...
- JSTOR 1379257. Kaufmann, John H. (1974). "Social Ethology of the Whiptail Wallaby, Macropus parryi, in Northeastern New South Wales". Animal Behaviour. 22 (2): 281–369...
- in the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) and the eastern gray kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). Red-necked (Bennett's) wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus) preferentially...