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Definition of Macropus giganteus
1. Noun. Very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas.
Exact synonyms: Giant Kangaroo, Great Grey Kangaroo
Generic synonyms: Kangaroo
Group relationships: Genus Macropus, Macropus
Generic synonyms: Kangaroo
Group relationships: Genus Macropus, Macropus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Macropus Giganteus
Literary usage of Macropus giganteus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1898)
"of University College, Liverpool, has kindly sent me a description uud drawing
of a dissection of the neck of a Macropus giganteus. For one of the specimens ..."
2. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Macropus giganteus. 183; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. Af., p. 15. ... Macropus giganteus,
Skate Nat. Misc., i, pi. xxxiii (1790); Blyth Cat,, p. Austr., ii, pis. i, ..."
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