Carnivory in euros, inland wallaroos (Macropus robustus erubescens)
Keith E. A. Leggett A B , Amoi Stubbs-Oliver A , Matthew L. Brun A and Terence J. Dawson A
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A Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station, Centre for Ecosystem Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
B Corresponding author. Email: k.leggett@unsw.edu.au
Australian Mammalogy 42(3) 357-358 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM19055
Submitted: 12 September 2019 Accepted: 3 October 2019 Published: 16 October 2019
Abstract
This paper reports on an observation of carnivorous scavenging by euros (inland wallaroos) (Macropus robustus erubescens) at Fowlers Gap in western New South Wales. We believe this to be the first sighting of a euro feeding on another macropod.
Additional keywords: arid zone, carnivory, macropod
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