Macropus
| Macropus Temporal range: Miocene - Present | |
|---|---|
| Eastern grey kangaroo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| 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 | |
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.