Macropod hybrid facts for kids
Macropod hybrids are hybrids of animals within the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos and wallabies. Several macropod hybrids have been experimentally bred, including:
Male | Female | Result |
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Eastern wallaroo, Osphranter robustus robustus |
Red kangaroo, O. rufus |
Infertile female* |
Swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor |
Red-necked wallaby, M. rufogriseus |
Sterile male† |
Agile wallaby, M. agilis |
Red-necked wallaby, M. rufogriseus |
Sterile male† |
Tammar wallaby, M. eugenii |
Black-striped wallaby, M. dorsalis |
Sterile male† |
Western grey kangaroo, M. fuliginosus |
Eastern grey kangaroo, M. giganteus |
Sterile male and fertile female |
Red kangaroo, O. rufus‡ |
Eastern grey kangaroo, M. giganteus |
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Tammar wallaby, M. eugenii |
Parma wallaby, M. parma |
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Tammar wallaby, M. eugenii |
Pademelon, Thylogale species |
Some hybrids between similar species have been achieved by housing males of one species and females of the other together to limit the choice of a mate. To create a "natural" macropod hybrid, young animals of one species have been transferred to the pouch of another so as to imprint into them the other species. In-vitro fertilization has also been used and the fertilized egg implanted into a female of either species.
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