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Class:
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Mammalia
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Order:
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Diprotodontia
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Family:
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Macropodidae
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Genus:
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Macropus
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Species:
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Robustus
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Life span:
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18 years in the wild, 19 years under human care
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Gestation:
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34 days, but the young live in the pouch for 237 to 269 days
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Number of young at birth:
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One
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Age of maturity:
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Females - 547 days; Males - 670 days
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Size:
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Males are 40-56 in long and females are 30-40 in long
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Weight:
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Males weigh 50-100 lbs, females weigh 40-50 lbs.
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Size at birth:
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Less than one inch long
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Fun Facts:
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From the mountainous pastures of eastern Australia, from Victoria to Queensland.
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Prefers to live in areas with rocky outcrops or stony ground.
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Wallaroos are a large species of kangaroo
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Eat grasses and shrubs.
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Are pouched marsupials.
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Joey's first trips from pouch occur at around 6 months and are no longer allowed in the pouch by around 9 months of age.
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Females may at any time have a dormant young in the uterus, a joey in the pouch and another joey at foot.
