Black wallaroo vs Common wallaroo
The common wallaroo is heavier: 21.3 kg against 17 kg for the black wallaroo, about 25% more.
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What is the difference between a black wallaroo and a common wallaroo?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The common wallaroo is heavier: 21.3 kg against 17 kg for the black wallaroo, about 25% more.
- The common wallaroo is longer-lived: 22 years against 11.8 years for the black wallaroo, about 86% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Osphranter, so they are close relatives.
- The black wallaroo is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List; the common wallaroo is Least Concern.
- They are on record for 1 of the same countries (the black wallaroo for 1 in total, the common wallaroo for 1). Country data is incomplete and can include zoos, so this does not show whether they meet in the wild.
Side by side
| Black wallaroo | Common wallaroo | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Osphranter bernardus | Osphranter robustus |
| Family | Macropodidae | Macropodidae |
| Order | Diprotodontia | Diprotodontia |
| Weight | 17 kg – 17.5 kg | 21.3 kg – 29.7 kg |
| Length | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lifespan | 11.8 years | 22 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Near Threatened | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | 1 | 1 |
A scale drawing needs a recorded length for both animals; only weights are on record for this pair.
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