Tammar wallaby
Order : Diprotodontia
Family : Macropodidae
Species : Macropus eugenii
Which zoos have them?
Los Angeles Zoo (United States), Saint Louis Zoological Park (United States) and Smithsonian National Zoological Park (United States)The Tammar wallaby is listed as Near Threatened (LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Countries
AustraliaSome facts about the
Tammar wallaby
Adult weight : 6.5 kg (14.3 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 15 years
Female maturity :274 days
Male maturity : 730 days
Gestation : 28 days
Weaning : 325 days
Litter size : 1
Interval between litters : 365 days
Weight at weaning : 3 kg (6.6 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 8 W
Body mass : 4.796 kg (10.5512 lbs)
Temperature : 36.85 °C (98.33 °F)
Facts about the Tammar wallaby
By analogy with other mammals, we assumed that behavioral dichromacy in the tammar wallaby is a result of color opponency first generated in the retinal ganglion cells.
DESCRIPTION: The Tammar Wallaby is the smallest of the wallabia.
Family: Macropodidae Genus:MacropusSpecies:eugenii Binomialname Macropus eugeniiThe Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) is a small member of the kangaroo family and is the type species for research on kangaroos and marsupials .
Macropus eugenii is the smallest species of wallaby.
Other descriptions of Tammar Wallaby Tammar Wallaby Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Marsupialia Order: Diprotodontia Family: Macropodidae Genus: Macropus Species: eugenii Binomial name Macropus eugenii The Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) is a small member of the kangaroo family and is the type species for research on kangaroos and marsupials.
Tammar Wallaby or Macropus eugenii is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Near Threatened .
The literature regarding the biology of the tammar wallaby is vast and will not be reviewed
The Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) is a small member of the kangaroo family and is the type species for research on kangaroos and marsupials.
The tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii) is well established as a model marsupial species; h.
Top Specialty Definition: Tammar Wallaby(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)The Tammar Wallaby is a small member of the kangaroo family and is the type species for research on kangaroos and marsupials.
When the tammar wallaby Macropus eugenii is born, its lungs are in the early stages of the terminal air-sac phase (Runciman et al. (Full text)
The unique feature of the female tammar wallaby is that it does not become a seasonally breeding mammal until after puberty, when it has acquired a corpus luteum. (Full text)
Tammar Wallaby The Tammar Wallaby is one of (Full text)
Dama or Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii) is without doubt the most commonly kept marsupial in Australia, being even easier to keep than it’s domesticated cousin, the sheep, but there seems to have been precious little (Full text)
DESCRIPTION: The Tammar Wallaby is the smallest of the wallabia. (Full text)
DESCRIPTION: The Tammar Wallaby is the smallest of the wallabia. (Full text)
DESCRIPTION: The Tammar Wallaby is the smallest of the wallabia. (Full text)
"Macropus eugenii is a very important animal in scientific research . (Full text)
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