Great Red K.—
<i>M. rufus</i>, Desm.
Isabelline K.—
<i>M. isabellinus</i>, Gould.
Owen's K.—
<i>M. magnus</i>, Owen.
Wallaroo, or Euro—
<i>M. robustus</i>, Gould.
The name <i>Kangaroo</i> is also applied to certain other species of Marsupials belonging to the genus <i>Macropus</i>, but with a qualifying adjective, such as <i>Dorca</i>-, <i>Tree</i>-, <i>Rat</i>-, <i>Musk</i>-, etc.; and it is applied to species of the genera <i>Dorcopsis</i>, <i>Dendrolagus, Bettongia</i>, and <i>Hypsiprymnodon</i>. The <i>Brush-Kangaroo</i> (q.v.) is another name for the <i>Wallaby</i> (q.v.), and the <i>Rat-Kangaroo</i> is the stricter scientific appellation of <i>Kangaroo-Rat</i> (q.v.). The <i>Banded-Kangaroo</i> is a <i>Banded-Wallaby</i> (see <i>Lagostrophus</i>). See also <i>Dorca-Kangaroo</i>, <i>Tree-Kangaroo</i>, <i>Musk-Kangaroo</i>, <i>Dorcopsis, Dendrolagus</i>, <i>Bettongia, Hypsiprymnodon</i>, <i>Rock-Wallaby</i>, <i>Paddy-melon</i>, <i>Forester</i>, <i>Old Man</i>,, <i>Joey</i>, and <i>Boomah</i>.
(f) The Use of the Word.
1770. `Capt. Cook's Journal' (edition Wharton, 1893), p. 244:
May 1st. An animal which must feed upon grass, and which, we judge, could not be less than a deer."
[p. 280]: "June 23rd. One of the men saw an animal something less than a greyhound; it was of a mouse colour, very slender made, and swift of foot."
[p. 294]: August 4th. "The animals which I have before mentioned, called by the Natives Kangooroo or Kanguru." [At Endeavour River, Queensland.]