Wallabia bicolor

1 Swamp Wallaby at Majura, ACT

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Identification history

	Wallabia bicolor	13 Apr 2020	MichaelBedingfield
	Wallabia bicolor	13 Apr 2020	jb2602

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User's notes

Very perturbing. This wallaby was stumbling around in a very sorry state, apparently blind and deaf. Could this be Taxoplasmosis, often transmitted by feral cats?

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Shell.S. wrote:

14 Apr 2020

Thanks very much for reporting this sighting. We have received several sightings of Swamp Wallabies with similar eye conditions, and while Toxoplasmosis can relate to blindness in Macropods, it would appear unusual that we haven't had sightings of it in other species here. Have a look at the Swamp Wallaby pages to see the other individuals sighted.
We are very keen to receive further sightings of this or other individuals with eyes of similar appearance. In the case that one is found deceased a report of its location as soon as possible after finding it would be greatly appreciated.
Have a great day! Shelley

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1 - 3 Abundance
12 Apr 2020 04:10 PM Recorded on
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Species information

Wallabia bicolor Scientific name
Swamp Wallaby Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1338.8m Recorded at altitude
433 images trained Machine learning
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