Bibliography for Osphranter robustus (Gould, 1841)

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• Freudenberger, D.O. & Hume, I.D. 1987. Effects of water restriction on digestive function in the euro (Macropus robustus erubescens), wallaroo (M. r. robustus) and the feral goat. pp. 127-128 in Rose, M. (ed.). Herbivore nutrition research. Brisbane : Australian Society for Animal Production.
• Freudenberger, D.O. & Hume, I.D. 1992. Ingestive and digestive responses to dietary fibre and nitrogen by two macropodid marsupials (Macropus robustus erubescens and M. r. robustus) and a ruminant (Capra hircus). Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 181-194
• Freudenberger, D.O. & Hume, I.D. 1993. Effects of water restriction on digestive function in two macropodid marsupials from divergent habitats and the feral goat. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 163: 247-257
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• Rothschild, W. 1905. Notes on two kangaroos from the 'Northern Territory of South Australia,' with descriptions of a new species. Novitates Zoologicae 12: 509-510
• Rothschild, W. 1907. Further notes on Macropus magnus. Novitates Zoologicae 14: 333
• Russell, E.M. & Richardson, B.J. 1971. Some observations on the breeding, age structure, dispersion and habitat of populations of Macropus robustus and Macropus antilopinus (Marsupialia). Journal of Zoology, London 165: 131-142
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