an old scientific name, nowabandoned, for certain species of the Kangaroo family. Theword was taken from the name of the explorer, Philander deBruyn. See quotation.
1894. R. Lydekker, `Marsupialia,' p. 36:
«Aru Island Wallaby. Macropus brunnii, Cuvier (1817). Didelphys brunnii, Schreber (1778). . . Distribution. – – Aru and Kei Islands. This species has an especial interestas being the first member of the Kangaroo-family known toEuropeans, specimens having been seen in the year 1711 by[Philander de] Bruyn living in the gardens of the DutchGovernor of Batavia. They were originally describedunder the name of Philander or Filander.»