Subspecies Osphranter robustus robustus (Gould, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macropus (Petrogale) robustus Gould, J. 1841. On five new species of kangaroo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 92-94 [Apr. 1841; publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [92].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 41.1099 ♂ adult skin & damaged skull, mountain tops in interior of NSW.
• Macropus robustus reginae Schwarz, E. 1910. Die Grossen Känguruhs und ihre geographischen Formen. Novitates Zoologicae 17: 86-108 [103].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 8.8.8.55 subadult ♂ skin & skull, Mt Abbott, SW of Townsville, QLD.

 

Generic Combinations

• Osphranter robustus robustus (Gould, 1841). —
  Richardson, B.J. & Sharman, G.B. 1976. Biochemical and morphological observations on the wallaroos (Macropodidae: Marsupialia) with a suggested new taxonomy. Journal of Zoology, London 179: 499-513
• Osphranter robustus (Gould, 1841). —
  Gould, J. 1842. A Monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos. London : J. Gould Part 2. (Unnumbered plate)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern non-arid, temperate to tropical mainland.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, crepuscular, desert sand dunes, folivore, hummock grassland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, subtropical, tall shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland, woodland.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	MACROPODIDAE	15-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
29-Nov-2016		05-Nov-2010	MOVED
29-Oct-2010		29-Oct-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)