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Common wallaroo

Osphranter robustus (Gould, 1841)

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 21.3 kg to 29.7 kg and live up to 22 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the common wallaroo

Weight
21.3 kg – 29.7 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
22 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
24 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
33.3 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
20.7 months – 22 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.31src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the common wallaroo live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The common wallaroo is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the common wallaroo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus), also known as the euro, hill wallaroo, or simply wallaroo, is a species of macropod (a family of marsupials that also includes kangaroos and wallabies). The word euro is particularly applied to one subspecies (O. r. erubescens).

The eastern wallaroo is mostly nocturnal and solitary, and is one of the more common macropods. It can make a loud hissing noise. All four subspecies are sexually dimorphic.

From the Wikipedia article “Common wallaroo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_wallaroo&oldid=1378367748), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the common wallaroo endangered?

The common wallaroo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the common wallaroo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusOsphranter
  7. SpeciesOsphranter robustus (Gould, 1841)

Synonyms Macropus robustus

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Barrow island euroEnglish
  • EuroEnglish
  • Hill wallarooEnglish
  • WallarooEnglish
  • ولر شائعArabic
  • Adi kenquruAzerbaijani
  • Wallarou arreterBreton
  • Cangur orientalCatalan
  • klokan horskýCzech
  • bjergkænguruDanish
  • BergkänguruGerman
  • Κοινό ΓουαλουρόGreek
  • WalarúSpanish
  • Walaro OrientalSpanish
  • Walaró OrientalSpanish
  • isokenguruFinnish
  • VuorikenguruFinnish
  • קנגורו מצויHebrew
  • Hegyi óriáskenguruHungarian
  • Wallaroo comuneItalian
  • ケナガワラルーJapanese
  • FjellkenguruNorwegian Bokmål
  • WallaroeDutch
  • BergkangoeroeDutch
  • Gewone WallaroeDutch
  • Kangur górskiPolish
  • Ualarú-ComumPortuguese
  • Горный кенгуруRussian
  • Kengura horskáSlovak
  • VallaroSwedish
  • வால்லருTamil
  • จิงโจ้แคระธรรมดาThai
  • Валару звичайнийUkrainian
  • wularuxdk
  • 岩大袋鼠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the common wallaroo

Other species in the same genus Osphranter.

LC, Least Concern

Red kangaroo

Osphranter rufus

MacropodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the common wallaroo?

An adult common wallaroo weighs 21.3 kg – 29.7 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the common wallaroo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the common wallaroo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the common wallaroo endangered?

The common wallaroo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the common wallaroo live?

The common wallaroo has a recorded lifespan of 22 years.

How long is the common wallaroo pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 33.3 days.

What kind of animal is the common wallaroo?

The common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus) belongs to the family Macropodidae in the order Diprotodontia.

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@misc{common_wallaroo_2026,
  title = {Common wallaroo (Osphranter robustus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-wallaroo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}