Eastern Grey Kangaroo at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Macropus giganteus | 14 Jul 2025 | MartinPredavec | ||
| Macropus giganteus | 13 Jul 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Macropus giganteus | 13 Jul 2025 | HelenCross |
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Blind in one eye, and had a marked white collar
2 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
14 Jul 2025
Hi @HelenCross, I cant see any ear tags (nor holes in the ears where tags were torn out) so I'm thinking that by 'white collar' you mean a natural marking, not one of the research collars. (If the latter, needs to be removed by Claire Wimpenny's team, the sooner the better). Cataract on right eye is so severe she would only tell changes in light level on that side. White on muzzle indicates old age. If we could see her molar progression it would probably show she was quite old. Urambi Hills NR is unculled and only very lightly predated by stray dogs and foxes, so with only disease, parasites and starvation to administer the coup-de-grace, more of the aged animals persist in the population. Where there are dingoes, there are few or no animals like this.
HelenCross
wrote:
14 Jul 2025
Sorry, I meant a natural white collar. Thanks for that info Don. I was with a Canberra Birds group and did a loop around that lowland area of Urambi and saw hundreds of Eastern Greys and a few Red-necked Wallabies
Location information
- Coordinates 149.046590-35.404298
- Maps Urambi Hills
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 13 Jul 2025 10:49 AM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
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HelenCross 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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