File:Whip-tailed wallabies in grass - DPLA - 9bca89aedc21815493efd1c362fb2ffe.jpg
Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 213 pixels | 640 × 427 pixels | 1,024 × 683 pixels | 1,500 × 1,000 pixels.
Original file (1,500 × 1,000 pixels, file size: 341 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Summary
editWhip-tailed wallabies in grass ( ) | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Creator InfoField | Garst, Warren, 1922-2016, photographer | ||||||||||
Title |
Whip-tailed wallabies in grass |
||||||||||
Description |
35 mm slide; color. Scientific Classification: Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Marsupialia; Family: Macropodidae; Genus: Macropus; Genus species: Macropus parryi. Animal characteristics: Head-Body Length: 75.5-92.4 cm; Weight: 7-26 kg; Identification: The whip-tailed wallaby has short, brown-gray hair, white undersides, a white stripe on its upper lip, and a light brown stripe running down its neck and shoulders. This wallaby also has a white hip stripe; Habitat: Inland plains to tropical rainforests; Diet: Herbivore: herbs, grasses, shrubs, ferns; Reproduction: After a gestation period of one month, females give birth to a single offspring. The baby remains in its mother's pouch for 37 weeks and is weaned at 15 months. Shortly after the young leaves the pouch, the mother becomes receptive again and mates. However, the new embryo's development is delayed until the pouch is completely vacated by the previous offspring; Social Structure: Mixed subgroups of 5-10 animals will join together to form large groups of up to 50 members; Behavior: Feeding is done from dawn to early morning and then from the late afternoon into night; Status: No special status; Interesting Facts: When they are alarmed, whiptail wallabies stamp their feet. |
||||||||||
Date | 1958-1988 | ||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q110673471 |
||||||||||
Source/Photographer |
|
||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 08:35, 23 March 2022 | 1,500 × 1,000 (341 KB) | DPLA bot (talk | contribs) | Uploading DPLA ID e76dc6d34c1dfda0559aa2dc88562fe9 |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file: