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{{Short description|Genus of marsupials}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Macropus''<ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Diprotodontia|pages=63–66|id=11000239}}</ref>
| fossil_range = [[Miocene]] - Present
| image = Eastern grey kangaroo dec07 02.jpg
| image_upright = 1.1
| image_caption = [[Eastern grey kangaroo]]
| taxon = Macropus
| authority = [[George Shaw (biologist)|Shaw]], 1790
| type_species = ''[[Eastern grey kangaroo|Macropus giganteus]]''
| type_species_authority = [[George Shaw (biologist)|Shaw]], 1790
| range_map = 
| range_map_caption = 
}}

'''''Macropus''''', from the [[Ancient Greek]] words {{wikt-lang|grc|μακρός}} (''makrós''), meaning "long", and {{wikt-lang|grc|πούς}} (''pous''), meaning "foot", is a [[marsupial]] [[genus]] in the family [[Macropodidae]]. It has two [[Extant taxon|extant]] species of large terrestrial [[kangaroo]]s. Thirteen known extinct species are recognised. The [[type species]] is the [[eastern grey kangaroo]].

==Taxonomy==
In 2019, a reassessment of macropod taxonomy determined that ''[[Osphranter]]'' and ''[[Notamacropus]]'', formerly considered subgenera, should be moved to the genus level.<ref name="macrosph">{{cite journal |last1=Celik |first1=Mélina |last2=Cascini |first2=Manuela |last3=Haouchar |first3=Dalal |last4=Van Der Burg |first4=Chloe |last5=Dodt |first5=William |last6=Evans |first6=Alistair |last7=Prentis |first7=Peter |last8=Bunce |first8=Michael |last9=Fruciano |first9=Carmelo |last10=Phillips |first10=Matthew |date=28 March 2019 |title=A molecular and morphometric assessment of the systematics of the ''Macropus'' complex clarifies the tempo and mode of kangaroo evolution |url= https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/186/3/793/5421215 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=186 |issue=3 |pages=793–812 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz005 |access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref> This change was accepted by the [[Australian Faunal Directory]] in 2020.<ref name="afd2020">{{cite web|title=Names List for MACROPODIDAE, Australian Faunal Directory|url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/MACROPODIDAE/names|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Department of the Environment and Energy|access-date=1 March 2020|date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
===Extant Species===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Image !! Scientific name !!Distribution
|-
|[[File:Kangaroo111.jpg|120px]] || [[Western grey kangaroo]] (''Macropus fuliginosus'')||[[File:Western Grey Kangaroo Range.jpg|120px]]
|-
|[[File:Eastern Gray Kangaroo.jpg|120px]] ||  [[Eastern grey kangaroo]] (''Macropus giganteus'')||[[File:Eastern Grey Kangaroo Range.jpg|120px]]
|-
|}
===Fossils===
A currently-unnamed [[Pleistocene]] ''Macropus'' species from [[Australia]] was the largest kangaroo ever, with an estimated mass of around 274&nbsp;kg (~604&nbsp;lb).<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Hocknull|first1=Scott A.|last2=Lewis|first2=Richard|last3=Arnold|first3=Lee J.|last4=Pietsch|first4=Tim|last5=Joannes-Boyau|first5=Renaud|last6=Price|first6=Gilbert J.|last7=Moss|first7=Patrick|last8=Wood|first8=Rachel|last9=Dosseto|first9=Anthony|last10=Louys|first10=Julien|last11=Olley|first11=Jon|date=2020-05-18|title=Extinction of eastern Sahul megafauna coincides with sustained environmental deterioration|journal=Nature Communications|language=en|volume=11|issue=1|pages=2250|doi=10.1038/s41467-020-15785-w|pmid=32418985 |pmc=7231803 |bibcode=2020NatCo..11.2250H |issn=2041-1723|doi-access=free}}</ref>
* †''[[Macropus dryas]]''
* †''[[Macropus gouldi]]''
* †''[[Macropus narada]]''
* †''[[Macropus piltonensis]]'' 
* †''[[Macropus rama]]''
* †''[[Macropus woodsi]]''
* †''[[Macropus pavana]]''
* †''[[Macropus thor]]''
* †''[[Macropus ferragus]]''
* †''[[Macropus mundjabus]]''
* †''[[Macropus pan]]''
* †''[[Macropus pearsoni]]''
* †''[[Macropus titan]]'' (or †''Macropus giganteus titan'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|title=Speare, R. and Thomas, A.D. (1988), Orphaned kangaroo and wallaby joeys as a potential zoonotic source of Salmonella spp..|journal=[[Medical Journal of Australia]]|date=June 1988 |volume=148|pages=619–623|doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1988.tb116333.x|s2cid=23290403 |url=http://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/216/ |last1=Speare |first1=R. |last2=Thomas |first2=A. D. |url-access=subscription }}

==External links==
*{{cite web |title=''Macropus'' Shaw, 1790 |publisher=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b1d9bf29-648f-47e6-8544-2c2fbdf632b1}}
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[[Category:Macropods]]
[[Category:Marsupials of Australia]]
[[Category:Marsupial genera]]
[[Category:Taxa named by George Shaw]]
[[Category:Extant Miocene first appearances]]


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