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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wallaroo \Wal`la*roo"\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially Macropus robustus, sometimes called the great wallaroo.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroo and the wallaby. 2 The (vern: common wallaroo), (taxlink Macropus robustus species noshow=1); the most common and widely spread species of the three.
Wikipedia
A wallaroo is any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word "wallaroo" is from Dharug walaru. In general, a large, slim-bodied macropod of the open plains is called a "kangaroo"; a small to medium-sized one, particularly if it is relatively thick-set, is a "wallaby": most wallaroos are only a little smaller than a kangaroo, fairly thickset, and are found in open country. All share a particular habit of stance: wrists raised, elbows tucked close into the body, and shoulders thrown back, and all have a large, black-skinned rhinarium.
The common wallaroo (Macropus robustus or wallaroo) is the best-known species. There are four subspecies of the common wallaroo: the eastern wallaroo and the euro, which are both widespread, and two of more restricted range, one from Barrow Island, the other from the Kimberley.
The black wallaroo (Macropus bernardus) occupies an area of steep, rocky ground in Arnhem Land. At around 60 to 70 cm in length (excluding tail) it is the smallest wallaroo and the most heavily built. Males weigh 19 to 22 kg, females about 13 kg. Because it is very wary and is found only in a small area of remote and very rugged country, it is little known.
Macropus antilopinus is the exception among wallaroos. It is, essentially, the far-northern equivalent of the eastern and western grey kangaroos. Like them, it is a creature of the grassy plains and woodlands, and gregarious, where the other wallaroos are solitary. Because of this difference, it is sometimes called the antilopine kangaroo.
A wallaroo is a medium-sized marsupial. It can also be:
- Wallaroo, New South Wales a rural locality near Canberra in New South Wales in Australia
- Wallaroo, South Australia a town in Australia
- Wallaroo, Western Australia a town in Australia
- The "Wallaroos", the Australia women's national rugby union team
- HMS Wallaroo (1890), a Pearl class cruiser active off Australia before World War I
- HMAS Wallaroo, a Bathurst class corvette sunk in a collision during World War II
Usage examples of "wallaroo".
The miners who had left the Burra for goldseeking gradually came back, and the nine remarkable copper mines of Moonta and Wallaroo attracted the Cornishmen, who preferred steady wages and homes to the diminishing chances of Ballarat and Bendigo where machinery and deep sinking demanded capital, and the miners were paid by the week.