Common wallaroo

Wallaroo[1]
Euro (Osphranter robustus erubescens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Osphranter
Species:
O. robustus
Binomial name
Osphranter robustus
Gould, 1841
Subspecies
  • O. r. erubescens
  • O. r. isabellinus
  • O. r. robustus
  • O. r. woodwardi
Common wallaroo range

The common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus), also known as the euro, hill wallaroo, or simply wallaroo,[2] is a species of macropod. The word euro is particularly applied to one subspecies (O. r. erubescens).[3]

The eastern wallaroo is mostly nocturnal and solitary, and is one of the more common macropods. It makes a loud hissing noise and some of the other subspecies are sexually dimorphic, like most wallaroos.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference MSW3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ WE Poole and JC Merchant (1987): Reproduction in Captive Wallaroos - the Eastern Wallaroo, Macropus-Robustus-Robustus, the Euro, Macropus-Robustus-Erubescens and the Antilopine Wallaroo, Macropus-Antilopinus. Australian Wildlife Research 14(3) 225 - 242. online link
  4. ^ Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. p. 118.