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Request for ID assistance - Macropod Mickey Mouseand Mazda

To: " Moorhead Family" <>, "John Harris" <>, <>, "Simon Mustoe" <>, "Nikolas Haass" <>
Subject: Request for ID assistance - Macropod Mickey Mouseand Mazda
From: "Greg & Val Clancy" <>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:55:49 +1000
I am putting my money on Walllaroo Macropus robustus on the basis that:

the rhinarium (the area around the nose and upper lip) is bare and black - it is hairy in Eastern Grey Kangaroos;

the head shape is more Wallaroo;

the ears are large and hairy inside;

the hindquarters appear reddish brown - a character of female Wallaroos;

and

the solid build.


It is definitely not a wallaby of any type as they all have white face stripes.

A clearer photo would be nice but I presume that this is the only one available. I can see why Bill thought that it was an Eastern Grey but for the above reasons I don't agree with him.

Greg Clancy
Ecologist and Birding Guide
Coutts Crossing
NSW
www.birdrangers.com




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