Antilopine Kangaroo

Taxobox
name = Antilopine KangarooMSW3 Groves|pages=63-64]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 41561 | title = Macropus antilopinus | downloaded = 30 December 2006]

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image_caption = Antilopine Kangaroo
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Macropodidae
genus = "Macropus"
species = "M. antilopinus"
binomial = "Macropus antilopinus"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1842)

The Antilopine Kangaroo ("Macropus antilopinus"), sometimes called the Antilopine Wallaroo or the Antilopine Wallaby, is a species of macropod found in northern Australia: in Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, the Top End of the Northern Territory, and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a locally common, gregarious grazer.cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=Peter|year=2001|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=110]

The Antilopine Kangaroo is one of few macropods to display sexual dimorphism, with the male being mostly a reddish colour above, and females being considerably greyer. It is one of the largest macropods, being only slightly smaller than the Red Kangaroo ("Macropus rufus") and the Eastern Grey Kangaroo ("Macropus giganteus").

References

External links

* [http://www.fotosearch.com/PDS116/200329302-001/ Photo of Macropus antilopinus]