The red kangaroo ( " Macropus rufus " ) is the largest kangaroo species, living in the state's inland and arid regions.
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Those closely related to the Australian kangaroos, such as the agile wallaby ( " Macropus agilis " ), inhabit the open grasslands of New Guinea.
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"M . fuliginosus " is closely related to " Macropus giganteus ", and their distribution overlaps extensively, especially in the Murray Darling basin.
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Wallabies, of the species " Macropus rufogriseus " ( Red-necked Wallaby ), were introduced by Lady Colquhoun in the 1940s, and still roam wild.
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"Macroctopus maorum " is a large octopus and it s regularly described as a robust specie it is a member of the " Octopus macropus " species complex.
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The "'red-necked wallaby "'( " Macropus rufogriseus " macropod, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania.
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She was involved in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics ( 2004-2010 ) and lead the ANU team constructing the physical map of the tammar wallaby ( Macropus eugeneii ) genome.
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Only two species of land mammal are indigenous to the Houtman Abrolhos, the tammar wallaby ( " Macropus eugenii " ) and the bush rat ( " Rattus fuscipes " ).
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The "'red kangaroo "'( " Macropus rufus " ) is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial.
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It is one of the largest macropods, being only slightly smaller than the red kangaroo ( " Macropus rufus " ) and the eastern grey kangaroo ( " Macropus giganteus " ).
