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Macropuskangaroos, wallabies, and wallaroos
Identification
Date Taken
July 2005
Caption
Male red kangaroo (Macropus rufus), captive. This male has been de-sexed, although the pelage color is red, it is not as richly red as it might be because of his lack of male sex hormones.
- Subject
- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Male
- Anatomy
- Non-Breeding
- Behaviors
- Self Care :: Resting
- Anatomy
- Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic
Contributors
Deb Dyson (photographer)
Melbourne Zoo, Australia (copyright holder; identification)
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Mammalia mammals
- Order Diprotodontia kangaroos, possums, wallabies, and relatives
- Family Macropodidae kangaroos, wallabies, and relatives
- Genus Macropus kangaroos, wallabies, and wallaroos
Related Taxa
- Species Macropus agilis agile wallaby
- Species Macropus antilopinus antilopine wallaroo
- Species Macropus bernardus black wallaroo
- Species Macropus dorsalis black-striped wallaby
- Species Macropus eugenii Tammar wallaby
- Species Macropus fuliginosus western gray kangaroo
- Species Macropus giganteus eastern gray kangaroo
- Species Macropus irma western brush wallaby
- Species Macropus parma Parma wallaby
- Species Macropus parryi whiptail wallaby
- Species Macropus robustus hill wallaroo
- Species Macropus rufogriseus red-necked wallaby
- Species Macropus rufus red kangaroo
To cite this page: Dyson, D.2005. "male_red_kangaroo2.jpg" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed December 26, 2024 at https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/deb_dyson/male_red_kangaroo2/
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