Eastern Wallaroo at Cooma, NSW
Identification history
| Osphranter robustus robustus | 17 Oct 2024 | DonFletcher | ||
| Macropodidae (family) | 17 Oct 2024 | mahargiani |
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User's notes
solitary, in woodland
3 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
17 Oct 2024
Hi @mahargiani , thanks for the report. This is the female, often confused with the Eastern Grey Kangaroo. Her tail is one of the most obvious differences from an EGK. The male is an unmistakable chunky looking animal with dark grey fur, slightly shaggy in appearance.
mahargiani
wrote:
17 Oct 2024
Thanks. Agree, looks like an EGK. I believe that this species is a nocturnal visitor to my yard, not sure what it browses on but none of the plants I care about get damaged!
DonFletcher
wrote:
17 Oct 2024
Wow. Not many people have wallaroos in their yard. They like grass a lot.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.124161-36.215561
- Altitude 859.0m
- Maps Cooma North Ridge Reserve
- Places Cooma, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Oct 2024 03:14 PM Recorded on
- mahargiani Recorded by
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Collections
Mammals Kangaroos & Wallabies mahargiani Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Osphranter robustus robustus Scientific name
- Eastern Wallaroo Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 859m Recorded at altitude
- 205 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Macropus robustus
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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