macropus giganteus การใช้
- "M . fuliginosus " is closely related to " Macropus giganteus ", and their distribution overlaps extensively, especially in the Murray Darling basin.
- It is one of the largest macropods, being only slightly smaller than the red kangaroo ( " Macropus rufus " ) and the eastern grey kangaroo ( " Macropus giganteus " ).
- The Eprapah link wildlife corridor from swamp wallabies ( " Wallabia bicolor " ), grey kangaroos ( " Macropus giganteus " ), kookaburras, large arboreal termite mounds, and a sea eagle.
- Although interbreeding between the two species does occasionally occur in captive animals, viable offspring are only produced when the mating pair consists of a female " Macropus giganteus " and a male " M . fuliginosus ".
- Comparative osteology of these " Sthenurus " species with " Macropus giganteus " emphasizes how different sthenurine kangaroos were from extant kangaroos, especially with the sthenurines'short, deep skulls, long front feet with very reduced lateral digits, and the monodactyl hind feet.
- There the matter rested for over 100 years, and it was not until 1917 that researchers realised that the " forester kangaroo " of Tasmania was in fact " Macropus giganteus ", the same eastern grey kangaroo that was, and still is, widespread in the southeastern part of the mainland.
- As well as common species including the grey kangaroo ( " Macropus giganteus " ), koala ( " Phascolarctos cinereus " ) and laughing kookaburra ( " Dacelo novaeguineae " ), the park is home to 43 fauna species listed as threatened; 21 one of which are listed under the " Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 ".