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Macropus robustus
Sign in to saveAlso known as hill wallaroo, common wallaroo, hill kangaroo, wallaroo, euro
species of mammal
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDiprotodontia
- FamilyMacropodidae
Maximum longevity: 22 years (captivity) Observations: It has been estimated that they can live up to 24 years in the wild (Fisher et al. 2001). Record longevity in captivity, however, is 22 years (Richard Weigl 2005).
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 365
- With media
- 50
- Family
- Macropodidae
- Collections
- UWBM, MSB, UWZM, CMN, WNMU, UMZM
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
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Encyclopedic overview
The common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus), also known as the euro, hill wallaroo, or simply wallaroo, is a species of macropod (a family of marsupials that also includes kangaroos and wallabies). The word euro is particularly applied to one subspecies (O. r. erubescens).
The eastern wallaroo is mostly nocturnal and solitary, and is one of the more common macropods. It makes a loud hissing noise and some of the other subspecies are sexually dimorphic, like most wallaroos.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Macropus robustus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.