📸 PhotoPhoto: Michael Barritt & Karen May · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Common Wallaroo
Osphranter robustus (Common Wallaroo · Common Wallaroo)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A maximum weight of 42 kg is slightly over two 20 kg bags of rice, and a maximum length of 1.4 m is similar to the height of an upper-grade elementary school child (Comparison).
- 💡 It has long been used by people through hunting and the fur trade.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Common Wallaroo is a member of the kangaroo family that lives on rocky hills and in caves across Australia.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its coat ranges from light gray to black. Adapted to rocky terrain, it has a short, broad torso and short limbs, while its short, wide hind feet have rough soles to prevent slipping and allow leaps of up to 4 m.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It grazes and browses on soft grasses and shrubs. It breeds year-round, producing one young a year after an average gestation of 36 days, and males compete in "boxing" bouts.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2019) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40565/21953431
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1000291
- • iucnredlist.org — 21953431
- • wikidata.org — Q116251176
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Macropus robustus2.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Macropus robustus
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — author not recorded · CC0 1.0 (Congeneric silhouette — Osphranter rufus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.