Common Wallaroo Macropus robustus
(aka Euro)
Common Wallaroo, Wilpena Pound, South Australia, March 2006 - click for larger image Wilpena Pound, South Australia
March 2006

The Common Wallaroo is distributed throughout most of Australia where it is found in eucalypt forest and woodland, scrubland and grassland where there are escarpments and rocky slopes.

Common Wallaroo, Wilpena Pound, South Australia, March 2006 - click for larger image They have a large, black nose and are stocky marsupials often seen with their wrists raised and elbows tucked into their sides.

During the day they tend to sleep under a rock or in a cave and they come out to graze as evening approaches. I saw these wallaroos between 5 pm and 6 pm.

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