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Macropus robustus
Sign in to saveAlso known as hill wallaroo, common wallaroo, hill kangaroo, wallaroo, euro
species of mammal
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 268 inbound references to Macropus robustus, and connects out to Animalia, mammal and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under IUCN Red List least concern species, Macropods and Mammals described in 1841.
Vinony links it to 34 Wikipedia language editions.
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.