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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

- were: Macropus giganteus giganteus – found in eastern and central Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and southeastern South Australia Macropus giganteus...
- the young are even darker than those of F. p. anatum. Falco peregrinus macropus, described by Swainson in 1837, is the Australian peregrine falcon or "black-ch****ed...
- 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. Bibcode:2017MamBi...
- 2024-04-07. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Macropus agilis. Wikispecies has information related to Macropus agilis. Photo of female with young wallaby...
- 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...
- potoroo, Potorous tridactylus LC Family: Macropodidae Genus: Macropus Eastern grey kangaroo, Macropus giganteus LC Genus: Notamacropus Red-necked wallaby, N...
- possibly using leaping. Incisions on bones of the extinct large kangaroo Macropus titan, and the general morphology of Thylacoleo suggests that it fed in...
- kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), the pretty-faced wallaby (Macropus parryi), the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), the wallaroo or euro (Macropus robustus)...
- lipschitzii Pachom. Epilobium luteum Pursh – yellow willowherb Epilobium macropus Hook. Epilobium margaretiae Brockie Epilobium × marshallianum Hausskn....