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Species Notamacropus parma (Waterhouse, 1845)

Parma Wallaby

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Introduced feral population on Kawau Is., N.Z.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, crepuscular, folivore, nocturnal, tall open forest, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Needs thick understorey.

 

General References

Herter, U., Schneider, I. & Ganslosser, U. 1985. Some remarks on the behavioural repertoire of the parma wallaby, Macropus parma Waterhouse. Zoologischer Anzeiger 215: 287-297

Hume, I. 1986. Nitrogen metabolism in the parma wallaby, Macropus parma. Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 355-365

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63

Maynes, G. 1995. Parma Wallaby Macropus parma. pp. 342-344 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Maynes, G.M. 1976. Growth of the parma wallaby, Macropus parma Waterhouse. Australian Journal of Zoology 24: 217-236

Maynes, G.M. 1977. Breeding and age structure of the population of Macropus parma on Kawau Island, New Zealand. Australian Journal of Ecology 2: 207-214

Maynes, G.M. 1977. Distribution and aspects of the biology of the parma wallaby, Macropus parma, in New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 4: 109-125

Maynes, G.M. 1977. Distribution and aspects of the biology of the parma wallaby, Macropus parma, in New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 4: 109-125

McArthur, C. & Sanson, G.D. 1993. Nutritional effects and costs of a tannin in a grazing and a browsing macropodid marsupial herbivore. Functional Ecology 7: 690-696

Read, D.G. & Fox, B.J. 1991. Assessing the habitat of the parma wallaby, Macropus parma (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Wildlife Research 18: 469-478

Read, D.G. & Fox, B.J. 1991. Viability of using faecal pellet counts for estimating parma wallaby, Macropus parma (Marsupialia; Macropodidae) density. Australian Mammalogy 14: 29-32

Sunnucks, P. & Taylor, A.C. 1997. Sex of pouch young to maternal weight in Macropus eugenii and M. parma (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 573-578

Taylor, A.C., Sunnucks, P. & Cooper, D.W. 1999. Retention of reproductive barriers and ecological differences between two introduced sympatric Macropus spp. in New Zealand. Animal Conservation 2: 195-202

Warburton, B. & Sadlier, R.M.F. 1990. Parma wallaby Macropus parma Waterhouse, 1845. pp. 51-57 in King, C.M. (ed.). The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. Auckland : Oxford University Press.

Wodzicki, K.& Flux, J.E.C. 1967. Rediscovery of the white-throated wallaby, Macropus parma Waterhouse 1846, on Kawau Island, New Zealand. Australian Journal of Science 29: 429-430

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
29-Nov-2016 MACROPODIDAE 14-Nov-2016 MODIFIED
29-Nov-2016 05-Nov-2010 MOVED
29-Oct-2010 29-Oct-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)