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Some facts about the
Wallaroo
Adult weight : 30 kg (66 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 22 years
Female maturity :547 days
Male maturity : 670 days
Gestation : 32 days
Weaning : 351 days
Litter size : 1
Interval between litters : 264 days
Weight at birth : 0.001 kg (0.0022 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 33 W
Body mass : 29.648 kg (65.2256 lbs)
Temperature : 35.85 °C (96.53 °F)
Hill wallaroo
Order : Diprotodontia
Family : Macropodidae
Species : Macropus robustus
The Common wallaroo, hill wallaroo is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
Australia
Facts about the hill wallaroo
The common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) is found throughout mainland Australia and has a preference for rocky hills and stony rises where caves and rock ledges provide shelter from extremes of temperature.
Habitat Macropus robustus is found in many regions of Australia. (Full text)
or euro The wallaroo (Macropus robustus) is smaller and stockier than the other three species (also in the genus Macropus); its colour varies from dark gray to pinkish brown. (Full text)
Macropus robustus is less gregarious than other large kangaroo species (Kirkpatrick 1968; Croft 1981; Taylor 1982). (Full text)
The common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) is found throughout mainland Australia and has a preference for rocky hills and stony rises where caves and rock ledges provide shelter from extremes of temperature. (Full text)
The common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) is found throughout mainland Australia and has a preference for rocky hills and stony rises where caves and rock ledges provide shelter from extremes of temperature. (Full text)
The common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) is found throughout mainland Australia and has a preference for rocky hills and stony rises where caves and rock ledges provide shelter from extremes of temperature. (Full text)
In the marginal dry hill country of the lower Naas and Gudgenby catchments, the Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) is present in small numbers. (Full text)
In the marginal dry hill country of the lower Naas and Gudgenby catchments, the Wallaroo (Macropus robustus) is present in small numbers. (Full text)
1. Macropus, genus Macropus -- (type genus of the family Macropodidae: typical kangaroos and wallabies)Macropus
genus Macropus
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