Common wallaroo: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common wallaroo lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Osphranter robustus
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Macropodidae

Where does the common wallaroo live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common wallaroo in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the common wallaroo endangered?

The common wallaroo’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common wallaroo?

The common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, genus Osphranter. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common wallaroo

The common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus), also known as the euro, hill wallaroo, or simply wallaroo, is a species of macropod (a family of marsupials that also includes kangaroos and wallabies). The word euro is particularly applied to one subspecies (O. r. erubescens).

The eastern wallaroo is mostly nocturnal and solitary, and is one of the more common macropods. It can make a loud hissing noise. All four subspecies are sexually dimorphic.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common wallaroo (revision 1378367748), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q116251176 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).