Editing Red kangaroo (section)

== Taxonomy ==
The initial description of the species by [[Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest|A.G. Desmarest]] was published in 1822. The type location was given as an unknown location west of the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]].
The author assigned the new species to the genus ''Kangurus''. In 1842, Gould reassigned the species to the genus ''[[Osphranter]]'',<ref name="Gould1842" />
a taxon later submerged as a subgenus of ''[[Macropus]]''.<ref name="MSW3" /> A taxonomic restructure in 2015 in ''Taxonomy of Australian Mammals'' by Jackson and Groves<ref name="jacksongroves">{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Stephen |last2=Groves |first2=Colin |author-link2=Colin Groves |date=2015 |title=Taxonomy of Australian Mammals |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |page=153 |isbn=9781486300129 }}</ref>
promoted ''Osphranter'' back to the genus level, redefining the red kangaroo, among others, as a species within the genus ''Osphranter''.<ref name="afd2020" /> This was further supported by genetic analysis in 2019.<ref name="macropus">{{cite journal |last1=Celik |first1=Mélina |last2=Cascini |first2=Manuela |last3=Haouchar |first3=Dalal |last4=Van Der Burg |first4=Chloe |last5=Dodt |first5=William |last6=Evans |first6=Alistair |last7=Prentis |first7=Peter |last8=Bunce |first8=Michael |last9=Fruciano |first9=Carmelo |last10=Phillips |first10=Matthew |date=28 March 2019 |title=A molecular and morphometric assessment of the systematics of the ''Macropus'' complex clarifies the tempo and mode of kangaroo evolution |url= https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/186/3/793/5421215 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=186 |issue=3 |pages=793–812 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz005 |access-date=1 March 2020}}</ref>