Mammals
Kangaroos & Wallabies
Sighting 4559201

Macropus giganteus

Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Wanniassa Hill

Macropus giganteus at Wanniassa Hill - 10 Mar 2024 08:47 AM
Macropus giganteus at Wanniassa Hill - 10 Mar 2024 08:47 AM
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Macropus giganteus 10 Mar 2024 Liam.m
Macropus giganteus 10 Mar 2024 CarbonAI
Macropodidae (family) 10 Mar 2024 thegraduatesunfly

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DonFletcher wrote:
   10 Mar 2024
Hi @thegraduatesunfly, thank you for a very interesting record. Do you have any other photos showing the tail?

And hi also @Liam.m This could almost be a hybrid (extremely rare but not unknown). The rhinarium (upper middle one of the three lobes comprising the nose) is furred therefore definitionally this is an EGK (Macropus giganteus) but local EGKs have black 'gloves', black feet and black on the distal third of the tail and at least the first two of these are missing. Local female Wallaroos (Osphranter robustus) look very like this individual, with pale grey shaggy fur, and less black than a female EGK on the forearms, and feet. They also have whitish tails. But they have a hairless rhinarium. So at first I thought it was a Wallaroo, then changed my mind. A photo of the tail would be interesting
DonFletcher wrote:
   10 Mar 2024
Actually, the ears and head also look very EGK, not wallaroo like. So probably just a paler than usual EGK

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