Common wallaroo
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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]
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Wallaroo[1] | |
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Euro (Osphranter robustus erubescens) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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Common wallaroo range |
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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]