Western Gray Kangaroo
Macropus fuliginosus
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Diprotodontia
- Family
- Macropodidae
The western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), also referred to as a western grey giant kangaroo, black-faced kangaroo, mallee kangaroo, sooty kangaroo and (when referring to the Kangaroo Island subspecies) Kangaroo Island grey kangaroo, is a large and very common kangaroo found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay through coastal Western Australia and South Australia, into western Victoria, and in the entire Murray–Darling basin in New South Wales and Queensland. Taxonomy Long known to the Aboriginal Australians, for Europeans, the western…
Le kangourou gris (Macropus fuliginosus ; en anglais : Western grey kangaroo) est un grand macropus très commun dans tout le Sud de l'Australie. Il ressemble beaucoup au kangourou géant. Sa population était estimée à 3 000 000 d'individus en 1996.
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Distribution
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