Common name parma wallaby maynes 2008.
Parma wallaby fact sheet.
Parma wallaby macropus parma population and conservation status threats to survival management actions these pages are part of the san diego zoo global library website.
It is about 0 5 m 1 6 ft in length with a sparsely furred blackish tail about the same length again.
There are around 30 different species of wallaby macropod from the scientific family macropodidae macropodidae means big feet.
Parma wallaby macropus parma activity territorial behavior social behavior communication locomotion interspecies interactions these pages are part of the san diego zoo global library website.
Waterfall in moist habitat favoured by parma wallabies.
Wallabies are also widespread in new zealand introduced.
Whiptail wallaby allo grooming i e.
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A wallaby is a marsupial or pouched animal that is a member of the kangaroo family.
Overview of washpool national park from lookout.
Grooming another individual rather than self or auto grooming.
Parma australian aboriginal word for this species.
Fuligenosis long estrous cycle about 42 days.
Thick antarctic beech habitat favoured by parma wallabies.
Parma wallabies held as a breeding colony in captivity.
Timing of breeding maynes 1973.
Species reported by waterhouse in 1846.
Wallabies are smaller than kangaroos and distributed widely across australia and neighbouring islands.
May have a postpartum estrous while carrying a pouch young 45 105 days after birth.
Similar to eastern and western grey kangaroos macropus giganteus and m.
Eugenii close lowry 1990.
Monovular 1 egg released per cycle polyestrous more than 1 estrous cycle year.
Geographic distribution of the whiptail wallaby represented by coverage of 1 250 000 map sheets of australia see www ga gov au for australian maps.
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Hybrids have been produced in captivity with macropus dorsalis and m.
The fur is a reddish or greyish brown above greyer.
Wallaby from eora word wollabi used by aboriginal people in sydney region for brush tailed rock wallaby later by.
The parma wallaby is the smallest member of the genus macropus at between 3 2 and 5 8 kg 7 1 and 12 8 lb less than one tenth the size of the largest surviving member the red kangaroo.
Parma wallaby macropus parma physical measurements appearance sexual dimorphism key characteristics these pages are part of the san diego zoo global library website.
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