Species Notamacropus parma (Waterhouse, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macropus (Halmaturus) parma Waterhouse, G.R. 1845. A Natural History of the Mammalia. Vol. 1, containing the Order Marsupiata or pouched animals. London : Baillière 553 pp. 20 pls. [publication date established from plates in this work; these are all dated 1845 for the Macropodidae] [149] [issued in parts, plate date 1845].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, NSW.
• Macropus (Halmaturus) parma Gray, J.E. 1841. Contributions towards the geographical distribution of the Mammalia in Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species, in a letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [403] [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Macropus (Halmaturus) parma Gray, J.E. 1843. List of the Specimens of Mammalia in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxviii 216 pp. [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [91] [nom. nud.; ex Gould ms].

 

Generic Combinations

• Thylogale parma (Waterhouse, 1845).
• Wallabia parma (Waterhouse, 1845).
• Notamacropus parma (Waterhouse, 1845). —
  Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [158]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Parma Wallaby)

 

History of changes

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)