Macropus giganteus

Eastern Grey Kangaroo at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

	Macropus giganteus	23 Nov 2020	MichaelMulvaney
	Macropus giganteus	31 Oct 2020	ConBoekel

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User's notes

I have suggested Eastern Grey on the basis of the distance between claw tip and trailing edge of the pad: 17 cm. It is many decades since the last record of Eastern Grey for the Dryandra Street Woodland. I searched for this animal but could not locate it. This is probably a stray from Black Mountain Nature Reserve.

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ConBoekel wrote:

1 Dec 2020

Tracks of a single animal continued to be sighted until 1 Dec 2020. On that date an injured animal was sighted next to Barry Drive and reported to the authorities. Very bad damage to one of the hind legs means that it probably had to be put down.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.107163 -35.260122
Altitude 620.5m
Maps Dryandra St Woodland
Places O'Connor, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
30 Oct 2020 09:25 AM Recorded on
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ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Kangaroos & Wallabies Mammals

Species information

Macropus giganteus Scientific name
Eastern Grey Kangaroo Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1357m Recorded at altitude
1425 images trained Machine learning
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