Talk:Common wallaroo

Same species
If the Eastern Wallaroo and the Euro "are actually two distinct sub-species" of Macropus robustus, then surely they are the same species.Spathaky (talk) 10:13, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Common names not clear
First, I believe the first sentence misues the word "family."

Second, I am not clear whether Eastern Wallaroo is the species Macropus robustus or the sub-species of it, M. r. robustus. I would think, from the geographical distribution given, it is the latter. In that case we have no common name for the species, unless it is Common Wallaroo (but I am guessing here). It is not Wallaroo as there is another species of Wallaroo within the genus Macropus, namely M. bernardus, Woodward's Wallaroo. See Macropus and Macropodidae however which apply the name Eastern Wallaroo to the whole species not just one saub-species. For consistency with those articles I suggest the following changed text here:

''The Eastern Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) is one of about a dozen surviving species of the genus Macropus, of which two species are known as Wallaroos (or perhaps three, as the Antelopine Kangaroo is sometimes known as the Antelopine Wallaroo). M. robustus is also known as the Common Wallaroo or the Hill Wallaroo. The Eastern Wallaroo is mostly nocturnal and solitary, and is one of the more common macropods. It makes a loud hissing noise and some subspecies are sexually dimorphic, like most wallaroos (ref as before).''

M. robustus has four sub-species:


 * M. r. robustus - the nominate sub-species. (then as text. However the range should be clarified. Is it Eastern Australia or just the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range?)
 * M. r. erubescens - the Euro. (then as text) The photograph at right is a Euro.
 * (The other two species as text.)

Perhaps someone with some expertise will confirm whether my proposed changes are correct.

Spathaky (talk) 11:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

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taxonomy change
Currently the article states that reclassification of the genus macropus (and with it the change to osphranter) is due to the 2019 publication and was accepted 2020 by the Australian Faunal Directory. However the Australian Faunal Directory itself states here:
 * "The genus Macropus was split by Jackson & Groves (2015), by raising the subgenera Macropus, Notamacropus and Osphranter to genus level."

--Kmhkmh (talk) 03:29, 10 May 2021 (UTC)