Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Wanniassa Hill
Identification history
| Macropus giganteus | 10 Mar 2024 | Liam.m | ||
| Macropus giganteus | 10 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Macropodidae (family) | 10 Mar 2024 | thegraduatesunfly |
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2 comments
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
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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- Coordinates 149.125611-35.401767
- Altitude 699.9m
- Maps Wanniassa Hill
- Places Macarthur, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 10 Mar 2024 08:47 AM Recorded on
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Species information
- Macropus giganteus Scientific name
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1293.41m Recorded at altitude
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