Parma Wallaby Fact Sheet

Grooming another individual rather than self or auto grooming.

Parma wallaby fact sheet.

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. Fuligenosis long estrous cycle about 42 days. Parma wallabies held as a breeding colony in captivity.

Similar to eastern and western grey kangaroos macropus giganteus and m. 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. Species reported by waterhouse in 1846. Thick antarctic beech habitat favoured by parma wallabies.

Parma wallaby macropus parma diet nutrition feeding behavior these pages are part of the san diego zoo global library website. Wallaby from eora word wollabi used by aboriginal people in sydney region for brush tailed rock wallaby later by. Hybrids have been produced in captivity with macropus dorsalis and m. Common name parma wallaby maynes 2008.

Eugenii close lowry 1990. Wallabies are smaller than kangaroos and distributed widely across australia and neighbouring islands. 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. A wallaby is a marsupial or pouched animal that is a member of the kangaroo family.

Our website provides access to zoo animal plant conservation and veterinary information resources. Wallabies are also widespread in new zealand introduced. Waterfall in moist habitat favoured by parma wallabies. 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.

Our website provides access to zoo animal plant conservation and veterinary information resources. The fur is a reddish or greyish brown above greyer. Whiptail wallaby allo grooming i e. May have a postpartum estrous while carrying a pouch young 45 105 days after birth.

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. There are around 30 different species of wallaby macropod from the scientific family macropodidae macropodidae means big feet. It is about 0 5 m 1 6 ft in length with a sparsely furred blackish tail about the same length again. Timing of breeding maynes 1973.

Parma wallaby macropus parma physical measurements appearance sexual dimorphism key characteristics these pages are part of the san diego zoo global library website. 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.