Back كنغر (جنس) Arabic كنغر ARZ Kangurol (Macropus) AVK Kenquru Azerbaijani ماکروپوس AZB Кенгуру Byelorussian Macropus Breton Macropus BS Macropus Catalan Macropus CEB
| Macropus[1] Temporal range: Miocene - Present
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| Eastern grey kangaroo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | Macropus Shaw, 1790 |
| Type species | |
| Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790
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Macropus, from the Ancient Greek words μάκρος (mákros), meaning "long", and πους (pous), meaning "foot", is a marsupial genus in the family Macropodidae. It has two extant species of large terrestrial kangaroos. Thirteen known extinct species are recognised. The type species is the eastern grey kangaroo.
- ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 63–66. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.