Macropus giganteus
Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Watson, ACT
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| Macropus giganteus | DonFletcher | 6 May 2025 | |
| Vombatus ursinus | CarbonAI | 5 May 2025 | |
| Vombatus ursinus | WalterEgo | 5 May 2025 |
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8 comments
5 May 2025
Wombat and EGK poos are different shapes. Size too but harder to judge on a photo.
5 May 2025
There are only about 6 records in 5 years of wombats or their dung at Ainslie Majura. So it matters.
5 May 2025
Ok. I've added the photos I have. I can try to capture additional features in future photos if that helps
6 May 2025
Many thanks @WalterEgo, that makes a huge difference. I am sure those are from an Eastern Grey Kangaroo. I have collected hundreds of thousands of them so I am reasonably familiar with them. Wombat droppings are larger and more cubic in shape. And often wombat droppings have less of the dark crust on the outside, i.e. more similar inside and outside. Breaking one of them open was a good idea because something that sets the droppings of those two species apart, and Red Necked Wallabies, is that their droppings are composed exclusively of finely chewed grass. The dung of Black (Swamp) Wallabies, and Feral Pigs contain coarser fragments.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.177767-35.241175
- Altitude 610.2m
- Maps Mount Majura
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 May 2025 12:47 PM Recorded on
- WalterEgo Recorded by
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- WalterEgo NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Macropus giganteus 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
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