Parma Wallaby Fact Sheet

Parma wallaby macropus parma diet nutrition feeding behavior these pages are part of the san diego zoo global library website.

Parma wallaby fact sheet.

Overview of washpool national park from lookout. Geographic distribution of the parma wallaby represented by coverage of 1 250 000 map sheets of australia see www ga gov au for australian maps. Waterfall in moist habitat favoured by parma wallabies. 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.

Fuligenosis long estrous cycle about 42 days. 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. There are around 30 different species of wallaby macropod from the scientific family macropodidae macropodidae means big feet. A wallaby is a marsupial or pouched animal that is a member of the kangaroo family.

It is about 0 5 m 1 6 ft in length with a sparsely furred blackish tail about the same length again. 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. Our website provides access to zoo animal plant conservation and veterinary information resources. Monovular 1 egg released per cycle polyestrous more than 1 estrous cycle year.

Thick antarctic beech habitat favoured by parma wallabies. Whiptail wallaby allo grooming i e. Parma australian aboriginal word for this species. Hybrids have been produced in captivity with macropus dorsalis and m.

Our website provides access to zoo animal plant conservation and veterinary information resources. Similar to eastern and western grey kangaroos macropus giganteus and m. Our website provides access to zoo animal plant conservation and veterinary information resources. Wallabies are smaller than kangaroos and distributed widely across australia and neighbouring islands.

Timing of breeding maynes 1973. Species reported by waterhouse in 1846. Parma wallaby macropus parma physical measurements appearance sexual dimorphism key characteristics these pages are part of the san diego zoo global library website. May have a postpartum estrous while carrying a pouch young 45 105 days after birth.

The fur is a reddish or greyish brown above greyer. Eugenii close lowry 1990. Our website provides access to zoo animal plant conservation and veterinary information resources. Parma wallabies held as a breeding colony in captivity.

Wallabies are also widespread in new zealand introduced. 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.