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Species Notamacropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817)

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Species Notamacropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817)

Red-necked Wallaby

Generic Combinations

 

Introduction

Subspecies not identified in Calaby & Richardson (1988: 70), synonymies followed Iredale & Troughton (1934: 49).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Tall coastal heath, grazer, mainly solitary.

 

General References

Baker, S.J. 1990. Escaped exotic mammals in Britain. Mammal Review 20: 75-96

Brinklow, B.R. & Loudon, A.S.I. 1993. Evidence for a circannual rhythm of reproduction and prolactin secretion in a seasonally breeding macropodid marsupial, the Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 98: 625-630

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]

Calaby, J.H. 1995. Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus. pp. 350-352 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Clarke, J. & Loudon, A.S.I. 1985. The effect of differences in herbage height on the grazing behaviour of lactating Bennett's wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Zoology, London 207: 537-544

Collins, P. 1983. Morphological features of the surface of the subcommisural organ and aqueduct in the red necked wallaby (Wallabia rufogrisea). Journal of Anatomy 137: 665-674

Curlewis, J.D. 1989. The breeding season of Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) in Tasmania. Journal of Zoology, London 218: 337-339

Curlewis, J.D. 1991. Seasonal changes in the reproductive organs and plasma and pituitary hormone content of the male Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Zoology, London 223: 223-231

Curlewis, J.D., White, A.S., Loudon, A.S.I. & McNeilly, A.S. 1986. Effects of lactation and season on plasma prolactin concentrations and response to bromocriptine during lactation in the Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Endocrinology 110: 59-66

Curlewis, J.D., White, A.S. & Loudon, A.S.I. 1987. The onset of seasonal quiescence in the female Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 80: 119-124

Curlewis, J.D. & Loudon, A.S.L. 1989. The role of refractoriness to long daylength in the annual reproductive cycle of the female Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Experimental Biology 252: 200-206

Fleming, D., Cinderey, R.N. & Hearn, J.P. 1983. The reproductive biology of Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) ranging free at Whipsnade Park. Journal of Zoology, London 201: 283-291

Godfrey, M.E.R. 1984. Acute toxicity of brodifacoum to wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus). New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture 12: 63-64

Higginbottom, K. 1989. Macropod studies at Wallaby Creek. VII. Capture of wild red-necked wallabies by 'blow darting'. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 173-178

Higginbottom, K. 2000. Relationships between food quality and reproductive success in female red-necked wallabies Macropus rufogriseus banksianus. Wildlife Biology 6: 129-139

Higginbottom, K. & Johnson, C.N. 2000. Partial seasonality of breeding in red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus). Journal of Zoology, London 251: 71-77

Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122

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

Johnson, C.N. 1986. Philopatry, reproductive success of females, and maternal investment in the red-necked wallaby. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 19: 143-150

Johnson, C.N. 1987. Macropod studies at Wallaby Creek IV. Home range and movements of the red-necked wallaby. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 125-132

Johnson, C.N. 1987. Relationships between mother and infant red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus). Ethology 74: 1-20

Johnson, C.N. 1989. Grouping and the structure of association in the red-necked wallaby. Journal of Mammalogy 70: 18-26

Johnson, C.N. 1989. Mortality of immature red-necked wallabies. Journal of Mammalogy 70: 202-204

Johnson, C.N. 1989. Social interactions and reproductive tactics in red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus). Journal of Zoology, London 217: 267-280

Johnson, C.N., Jarman, P.J. & Southwell, C.J. 1987. Macropod studies at Wallaby Creek V. Patterns of defaecation by eastern grey kangaroos and red-necked wallabies. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 133-138

Johnson, C.N., Jarman, P.J. & Southwell, C.J. 1987. Macropod studies at Wallaby Creek V. Patterns of defaecation by eastern grey kangaroos and red-necked wallabies. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 133-138

Johnston, P.G. & Sharman, G.B. 1979. Electrophoretic, chromosomal and morphometric studies on the red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest). Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 433-441

Ker, R., Dimery, N.J. & Alexander, R.McN. 1986. The role of tendon elasticity in hopping in a wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus). Journal of Zoology, London A 208: 417-428

Loudon, A.S.I., Curlewis, J.D. & English, J. 1985. The effect of melatonin on the seasonal embryonic diapause of the Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Zoology, London 206: 35-39

Loudon, A.S.I. & Brinklow, B.R. 1990. Melatonin implants prevent the onset of seasonal quiescence and suppress the release of prolactin in response to a dopamine antagonist in the Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 99: 611-618

Loudon, A.S.I. & Curlewis, J.D. 1987. Refractiveness to melatonin and short daylengths in early seasonal quiescence in the Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 81: 543-552

Loudon, A.S.I. & Curlewis, J.D. 1989. Evidence that the seasonally breeding Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus) does not exhibit short-day photorefractoriness. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 87: 641-648

Lunney, D. & O'Connell, M. 1988. Habitat selection by the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, the red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus, and the common wombat, Vombatus ursinus, in logged, burnt forest near Bega, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 695-706

Merchant, J.C. & Calaby, J.H. 1981. Reproductive biology of the red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus) and Bennett's wallaby (M.r. rufogriseus) in captivity. Journal of Zoology, London 194: 203-217

Pass, M.A. & Brown, A.S. 1991. Liver function in normal koalas and macropods. Australian Veterinary Journal 67: 151-152

Schneider, S., Vincent, V., Tichy, H., Figueroa, F. & Klein, J. 1991. MHC class-II genes of a marsupial, the red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) - identification of new gene families. Molecular Biology and Evolution 8: 753-766

Southwell, C.J., Weaver, K.E., Cairns, S.C., et al. 1995. Abundance of macropods in north-eastern New South Wales, and the logistics of broad-scale ground surveys. Wildlife Research 22: 757-766

Tighe, P.J., Davies, R.J. & Coulson, G.M. 1981. Exploitation and management of wallabies. pp. 3-36 in Jones, R. (ed.). Exploited and endangered wildlife. Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania Occasional Papers No. 12

Walker, M.T. & Gemmell, R.T. 1983. Organogenesis of the pituitary, adrenal and lung at birth in the wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus. American Journal of Anatomy 168: 331-344

Walker, M.T. & Rose, R. 1981. Prenatal development after diapause in the marsupial Macropus rufogriseus. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 167-187

Warburton, B. & Sadlier, R.M.F. 1990. Bennett's wallaby Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817). pp. 44-51 in King, C.M. (ed.). The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. Auckland : Oxford University Press.

Watson, D.M. 1993. The play associations of red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus) and relation to other social contexts. Ethology 94: 1-20

Watson, D.M., Croft, D.B. & Crozier, R.H. 1992. Paternity exclusion and dominance in captive red-necked wallabies, Macropus rufogriseus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 15: 31-36

Watson, D.M. & Croft, D.B. 1993. Playfighting in captive red-necked wallabies, (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus). Behaviour 126: 219-245

Watson, D.M. & Croft, D.B. 1996. Age-related differences in playfighting strategies of captive male red-necked wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus banksianus). Ethology 102: 336-346

Weir, A., McLeod, J. & Adams, C.E. 1995. The winter diet and parasitic fauna of a population of red-necked wallabies Macropus rufogriseus recently introduced to Scotland. Mammal Review 25: 111-116

Yalden, D.W. 1988. Feral wallabies in the Peak District, 1971–1985. Journal of Zoology, London 215: 369-374

 

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)