Macropus giganteus

Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Watson, ACT

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Identification history

Macropus giganteus	6 May 2025	DonFletcher
Vombatus ursinus	5 May 2025	CarbonAI
Vombatus ursinus	5 May 2025	WalterEgo

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DonFletcher wrote:

5 May 2025

How do we know it's not fram a kangaroo?

WalterEgo wrote:

5 May 2025

I don't - just seemed a bit on the big side to me?

DonFletcher wrote:

5 May 2025

Any more photos, esp from before it was broken open?

DonFletcher wrote:

5 May 2025

Wombat and EGK poos are different shapes. Size too but harder to judge on a photo.

DonFletcher wrote:

5 May 2025

There are only about 6 records in 5 years of wombats or their dung at Ainslie Majura. So it matters.

WalterEgo wrote:

5 May 2025

Ok. I've added the photos I have. I can try to capture additional features in future photos if that helps

abread111 wrote:

6 May 2025

Squarish appearance looks promising

DonFletcher wrote:

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.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.177767 -35.241175
Altitude 610.2m
Maps Mount Majura
Places Watson, ACT

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At least 1 Abundance
5 May 2025 12:47 PM Recorded on
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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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Macropus giganteus

Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Watson, ACT

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