Species Notamacropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817)
Tammar Wallaby
Generic Combinations
- Macropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817).
- Thylogale eugenii (Desmarest, 1817).
- Protemnodon eugenii (Desmarest, 1817).
- Notamacropus eugenii (Desmarest, 1817). —
Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [157-158]
Introduction
The taxonomy of subspecies of Macropus eugenii is unresolved. Historically, there have been three subspecies recognised: M. eugenii eugenii (mainland South Australia), M. eugenii decres (Kangaroo Island) and M. eugenii derbianus (Western Australia). The ambiguity in subspecies designation lies in the South Australian and Kangaroo Island populations. The South Australian M. eugenii (subspecies eugenii) is present in high abundance on Kangaroo Island, but has been locally extinct from the mainland since the 1930s (Woinarski et al. 2014). It has since been re-introduced to Innes National Park (SA) from a feral population from New Zealand derived from South Australian mainland stock (Woinarski et al. 2014). It is thought that M. eugenii eugenii and M. eugenii decres are not separate subspecies (based on a pers. comm. from M. Eldridge quoted in Woinarski et al. 2009 and subsequently cited in Jackson & Groves 2015), but until these results and taxonomic revisions are published, the AFD retains the currently accepted taxonomy.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), 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), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Folivore, nocturnal, open forest, open heath, open scrub, terrestrial, territorial, woodland.
General References
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Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Tammar Wallaby)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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) |