Species profile—Osphranter rufus (red kangaroo)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals) → Macropodidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&family=macropodidae ) (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos) → Osphranter rufus (red kangaroo)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=905&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=905&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=905 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals)
- Family
- Macropodidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&family=macropodidae ) (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos)
- Scientific name
- Osphranter rufus (Desmarest, 1822)
- Common name
- red kangaroo
- Type reference
- Desmarest, A.G. 1822. Mammologie ou description des especes de mammiferes part 2 in, Encyclopedie Methodique (Dictionnaire Encyclopedique Methodique.) Par ordre de Matieres. Suppl. 2. Paris : Agasse. [541].
- WildNet taxon ID
- 905
- Synonym(s)
- Macropus rufus
- Alternate name(s)
- plains kangaroo
blue flyer - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Agricultural Pest
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Osphranter%20rufus#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=OSPHRANTER%2BRUFUS )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=905 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=905 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
