Species Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817)
Western Grey Kangaroo
Generic Combinations
- Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest, 1817).
Introduction
Subspecies not identified in Calaby & Richardson (1988: 66), synonymies followed Kirsch & Poole (1972: 336).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal, folivore, gregarious, low open woodland, low woodland, nocturnal, open forest, open scrub, terrestrial, woodland.
General References
Algar, D., Arnold, G.W. & Grassia, A. 1988. Effects of nitrogen and season on western grey kangaroo hematology. Journal of Wildlife Management 52: 616-619
Andrew, M.H. & Lange, R.T. 1986. The spatial distributions of sympatric populations of kangaroos and sheep: examples of dissociation between these species. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 367-373
Arnold, G.W., Grassia, A., Steven, D.E. & Weeldenburg, J.R. 1991. Population ecology of western grey kangaroos in a remnant of wandoo woodland at Baker's Hill, southern Western Australia. Wildlife Research 18: 561-575
Arnold, G.W., Lecrivain, E., Johnson, K.G. & Grassia, A. 1988. Effects of weather conditions in summer on the maintenance of western grey kangaroos, Macropus fuliginosus. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 129-138
Arnold, G.W., Steven, D., Weeldenburg, J. & Brown, O.E. 1986. The use of alpha-chloralose for the repeated capture of western grey kangaroos, Macropus fuliginosus. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 527-533
Arnold, G.W., Steven, D.E., Grassia, A. & Weeldenburg, J. 1992. Home range size and fidelity of western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus) living in remnants of wandoo woodland and adjacent farmland. Wildlife Research 19: 137-145
Arnold, G.W., Steven, D.E. & Grassia, A. 1990. Associations between individuals and classes in groups of different size in a population of western grey kangaroos, Macropus fuliginosus. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 551-562
Arnold, G.W., Steven, D.E. & Weeldenburg, J.R. 1989. The effect of daylength and weather conditions on the time spent by western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus) on farmland. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 24: 353-360
Arnold, G.W., Steven, D.E. & Weeldenburg, J.R. 1989. The use of surrounding farmland by western grey kangaroos living in a remnant of wandoo woodland and their impact on crop production. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 85-93
Arnold, G.W., Steven, D.E. & Weeldenburg, J.R. 1994. Comparative ecology of western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus) and euros (M. robustus erubescens) in Durokoppin Nature Reserve, isolated in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia. Wildlife Research 21: 307-322
Arnold, G.W., Weeldenburg, J.R. & Ng, V.M. 1995. Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus) and euros (M. robustus) in a fragmented landscape. Landscape Ecology 10: 65-74
Barker, R.D. & Caughley, G. 1994. The distribution and abundance of kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 17: 73-84
Bayliss, P. 1985. The population dynamics of red and western grey kangaroos in arid New South Wales, Australia, II. The numeric response function. Journal of Animal Ecology 54: 127-135
Bayliss, P. 1985. The population dynamics of red and western grey kangaroos in arid New South Wales, Australia. I. Population trends and rainfall. Journal of Animal Ecology 54: 111-125
Beetham, P., Kiely, J., MacKenzie, J., Vaartjes, S. & Pennell, A.L. 1987. Diet analysis of the western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus) in Wyperfeld National Park by microscopic faecal analysis. Victorian Naturalist 104: 32-38
Cairns, S.C., Grigg, G.C., Beard, L.A., Pople, A.R. & Alexander, P. 2000. Western grey kangaroos, Macropus fuliginosus, in the South Australian pastoral zone: populations at the edge of their range. Wildlife Research 27: 309-318
Cairns, S.C., Pople, A.R. & Grigg, G.C. 1991. Density, distributions and habitat associations of red kangaroos, Macropus rufus, and western grey kangaroos, M. fuliginosus in South Australian pastoral zone. Wildlife Research 18: 377-402
Calaby, J. & Richardson, B.J. 1988. Mammalia. In Walton, D.W. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 5. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 5 x, 274 pp. [Date published 13-Apr-88]
Caughley, G., Brown, B., Dostine, P. & Grice, D. 1984. The grey kangaroo overlap zone. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 1-10
Caughley, G., Brown, B. & Noble, J. 1985. Movement of kangaroos after a fire in mallee woodland. Australian Wildlife Research 12: 349-353
Coulson, G. 1988. The history of kangaroo populations in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park, north-western Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 105: 68-73
Coulson, G. 1990. Habitat separation in the grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus Shaw and M. fuliginosus (Desmarest) (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), in Grampians National Park, Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 13: 219-221
Coulson, G. 1993. The influence of population density and habitat on grouping in the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus. Wildlife Research 20: 151-162
Coulson, G. 1993. Use of heterogeneous habitat by the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus. Wildlife Research 20: 137-149
Coulson, G. 1996. A safe and selective draw-string trap to capture kangaroos moving under fences. Wildlife Research 23: 621-627
Coulson, G. 1997. Repertoires of social behaviour in captive and free-ranging grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus and Macropus fuliginosus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Journal of Zoology, London 242: 119-130
Coulson, G., Norbury, G. & Walters, B. 1990. Forage biomass and kangaroo populations (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) in summer and autumn at Hattah-Kalkyne National Park, Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 13: 219-222
Coulson, G.M. 1979. Extension of range of the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus, in Victoria. Victorian Naturalist 97: 4-5
Edwin, N. 1984. Quantitative estimation of islet tissue of pancreas in adult grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus). Journal of Zoology, London 203: 125-133
Edwin, N. & Leigh, C.M. 1990. Immunocytochemical study of the endocrine pancreas in the grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus). Cell and Tissue Research 259: 183-185
Freudenberger, D. & Hacker, R.B. 1997. The effect of temporary closure of watering points on grazing intensity of red and grey kangaroos with related observations on feral goats. Rangeland Journal 19: 157-165
Hill, G.J.E., Barnes, A. & Wilson, G.R. 1985. Time of day and aerial counts of grey kangaroos. Journal of Wildlife Management 49: 843-849
Hinds, L.A. & Tyndale-Biscoe, C.H. 1994. The effects of bromocriptine on lactation and subsequent reproduction in grey kangaroos, Macropus fuliginosus and Macropus giganteus. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 6: 705-711
Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63
Johnson, C.N. 1983. Variations in group size and composition in red and western grey kangaroos, Macropus rufus (Desmarest) and M. fuliginosus (Desmarest). Australian Wildlife Research 10: 25-31
Kirsch, J.A.W. & Poole, W.E. 1972. Taxonomy and distribution of the grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus Shaw and Macropus fuliginosus (Desmarest), and their subspecies (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 20: 315-339
Leigh, J.H., Wood, D.H., Holgate, M.D., Slee, A. & Stanger, M.G. 1989. Effects of rabbit and kangaroo grazing on two semi-arid grassland communities in central-western New South Wales. Australian Journal of Botany 37: 375-396
McArthur, C. & Sanson, G.D. 1988. Tooth wear in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) and western grey kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus), and its potential influence on diet selection, digestion and population parameters. Journal of Zoology, London 215: 491-504
Mead, R.J., Moulden, D.L. & Twigg, L.E. 1985. Significance of sulfhydryl compounds in the manifestation of fluoroacetate toxicity to the rat, brush-tailed possum, woylie and western grey kangaroo. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 38: 139-149
Norbury, G.L. 1987. Twins in the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), in north-western Victoria. Australian Mammalogy 10: 33
Norbury, G.L., Coulson, G.M. & Walters, B.L. 1988. Aspects of the demography of the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus melanops in semi-arid north-west Victoria. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 257-266
Poole, W.E. 1974. Reproduction in two species of grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus Shaw and M. fuliginosus (Desmarest). II. Gestation, parturition and pouch life. Australian Journal of Zoology 22: 277-302
Poole, W.E. 1995. Western Grey Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus. pp. 322-334 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Poole, W.E., Carpenter, S.M. & Simms, N.G. 1990. Subspecific separation in the western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus: a morphometric study. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 159-168
Poole, W.E., Carpenter, S.M. & Wood, J.T. 1982. Growth of grey kangaroos and the reliability of age determination from body measurements. II. The western grey kangaroos, Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus, M.f. melanops and M.f. ocydromus. Australian Wildlife Research 9: 203-212
Poole, W.E., Carpenter, S.M. & Wood, J.T. 1984. Growth of grey kangaroos and the reliability of age determination from body measurements III. Interspecific comparisons between eastern and western grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus and M. fuliginosus. Australian Wildlife Research 11: 11-19
Priddel, D. 1986. The diurnal and seasonal patterns of grazing of the red kangaroo, Macropus rufus, and the western grey kangaroo, M. fuliginosus. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 113-120
Priddel, D. 1988. Habitat utilisation by sympatric red kangaroos Macropus rufus, and western grey kangaroos M. fuliginosus, in western New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 413-421
Priddel, D., Shepherd, N. & Wellard, G. 1988. Home ranges of sympatric red kangaroos Macropus rufus, and western grey kangaroos M. fuliginosus, in western New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 405-411
Priddel, D., Wellard, G. & Shepherd, N. 1988. Movements of sympatric red kangaroos, Macropus rufus, and western grey kangaroos, M. fuliginosus, in western New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 339-346
Richardson, B.J., Inglis, B., Poole, W.E. & Rolfe, B. 1979. Galactose-1 phosphate uridyl transferase deficiency in the western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus; Marsupialia): a model system for gene therapy studies. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 57: 43-49
Shepherd, K.A., Wardell-Johnson, G.W., Loneragan, W.A. & Bell, D.T. 1997. Diet of the herbivorous marsupials in a Eucalyptus marginata forest and their impact on the understorey. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 80: 47-54
Shepherd, N.C. 1982. Extension of the known range of western grey kangaroo, Macropus fuliginosus, and eastern grey kangaroo, M. giganteus, in New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 9: 389-391
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Western Grey Kangaroo)
History of changes
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