DENDROLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The species known as kangaroos are the largest animals in the Macropus genus. The four species commonly referred to as kangaroos are: the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus), the eastern gray kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), the western gray kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), and the antilopine kangaroo (Macropus antilopinus).

Detailed explanation-2: -Macropus is a marsupial genus in the family Macropodidae. It has two extant species of large terrestrial kangaroos.

Detailed explanation-3: -Order: Diprotodontia. Family: Macropodidae. Genus: Macropus (Osphranter) Species: Macropus rufus-red kangaroo.

Detailed explanation-4: -… 14 species in the genus Macropus, some of which are called wallabies. In its broadest usage, kangaroo refers to any member of the family Macropodidae, which comprises about 65 species, including tree kangaroos and the quokka; rat kangaroos are classified into “sister” familes, Potoroidae and Hypsiprymnodontidae.