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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:43639327-3bc9-43ae-861b-e0f982b1a8b2

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Macropus giganteus
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Terrestrial Habitats

Conservation status

SARare
IUCNLeast Concern

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Description

The Eastern Grey Kangaroo has uniform woolly grey-brown fur, slightly darker on shoulders and mid back. The tail is tipped with black Spends most of the day resting under a shady tree, only moving out to feed from dusk to dawn. source: OZ Animals

The Eastern Grey is easy to recognise: its soft grey coat is distinctive, and it is usually found in moister, more fertile areas than the Red. Red Kangaroos, though sometimes grey-blue in colour, have a totally different face to Grey Kangaroos. Red Kangaroos have distinctive markings in black and white beside their muzzles and along the sides of their face. ... source: Wikipedia

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Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Macropus giganteus

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Macropus major Shaw, 1800
Published in: Shaw, G. 1800. General Zoology or systematic natural history. Quadrupeds London : G. Kearsley Vol. 1Pt 2 pp. i-viii pp. 249-552
Dipus tridactylus Perry, 1811
Published in: Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History London : British Museum pp. 1
Kangurus labiatus Desmarest, 1817
Published in: Desmarest, A.G. 1817. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle: appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. Nouv. Édn presqu' entièrement refondue et considérablement augmentée Paris : Deterville Vol. 17
Halmaturus griseofuscus Goldfuss, 1819
Published in: Goldfuss, G.A. 1819. Über die verschiedenen Arten der Känguruh. Oken, Isis Vol. 1818 pp. col. 266-270
Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis Le Souef, 1923
Published in: Le Souef, A.S. 1923. The grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), and its allies. Aust. Zool. Vol. 3 pp. 145-147
Macropus giganteus tasmaniensis Le Souef, 1923

Common Names

Common name Source
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
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Great Grey Kangaroo, Scrub Kangaroo
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Grey Kangaroo
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
MARSUPIALIA
order
DIPROTODONTIA
suborder
PHALANGERIDA
superfamily
MACROPODOIDEA
family
MACROPODIDAE
subfamily
MACROPODINAE
genus
Macropus
species
Macropus giganteus  Recorded in Australia

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