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Common wallaroo - Quiz
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  • 1. Which subspecies of the common wallaroo is classified as vulnerable?
A) Western wallaroo
B) Barrow Island subspecies
C) Eastern wallaroo
D) Northern wallaroo
  • 2. In what year was the common wallaroo moved to the genus Osphranter?
A) 1970
B) 2019
C) 2020
D) 1870
  • 3. Which organization accepted the genus change for the wallaroo in 2020?
A) Royal Zoological Society
B) Australian Faunal Directory
C) Australian Museum
D) Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • 4. Wallaroo FC, founded in 1870, was a club for which sport?
A) Cricket
B) Soccer
C) Australian rules football
D) Rugby union
  • 5. In what year was the Australian national women's rugby union team named 'The Wallaroos'?
A) 1870
B) 1970
C) 1994
D) 2019
  • 6. Who drew the 1770 kangaroo sketches identified as an eastern wallaroo?
A) Joseph Banks
B) James Cook
C) Sydney Parkinson
D) George Stubbs
  • 7. Who conducted the 1970 study that identified the 1770 kangaroo sketches as an eastern wallaroo?
A) James Cook
B) Sydney Parkinson
C) Geoffrey Sharman
D) George Stubbs
  • 8. What is the scientific name of the eastern wallaroo?
A) Macropus robustus
B) Osphranter isabellinus
C) O. r. isabellinus
D) O. r. robustus
  • 9. What is the scientific name of the Barrow Island wallaroo?
A) Macropus isabellinus
B) O. r. isabellinus
C) O. r. robustus
D) Osphranter robustus
  • 10. The oil painting 'The Kongouro from New Holland' was created by which artist?
A) Sydney Parkinson
B) Geoffrey Sharman
C) James Cook
D) George Stubbs
  • 11. What ship did Captain James Cook and Joseph Banks travel on when the sketches were made?
A) HMS Discovery
B) HMS Resolution
C) HMS Endeavour
D) HMS Beagle
  • 12. Which genus were wallaroos moved from in 2019?
A) Petrogale
B) Wallabia
C) Osphranter
D) Macropus
  • 13. What is another name for the common wallaroo?
A) Euro
B) Tree-kangaroo
C) Pademelon
D) Red kangaroo
  • 14. To which family do wallaroos belong?
A) Dasyuridae
B) Phalangeridae
C) Peramelidae
D) Macropod
  • 15. How many subspecies of common wallaroo are there?
A) Two
B) Six
C) Four
D) Eight
  • 16. What type of noise can the eastern wallaroo make?
A) Barking
B) Hissing
C) Chirping
D) Howling
  • 17. What does sexually dimorphic mean in the context of wallaroos?
A) They live in the mountains
B) They are nocturnal
C) Males and females look different
D) They are solitary
  • 18. What color is the male eastern wallaroo?
A) Sandy
B) Dark grey
C) Reddish-brown
D) Pale brown-grey
  • 19. What is the Kimberley wallaroo called by the Kunwinjku people?
A) Ngabudj
B) Galkibard
C) Ganduki
D) Wallaar
  • 20. How long is the gestation period of a wallaroo?
A) 30 to 38 days
B) One year
C) 50 to 60 days
D) 10 to 15 days
  • 21. What is the process that allows a wallaroo to pause embryo development?
A) Embryonic diapause
B) Aestivation
C) Delayed fertilization
D) Hibernation
  • 22. At what age are male wallaroos usually fully developed?
A) 12 months
B) 18 to 20 months
C) 3 years
D) 6 to 9 months
  • 23. Which wallaroo subspecies is the palest?
A) Western wallaroo
B) Kimberley wallaroo
C) Barrow Island wallaroo
D) Eastern wallaroo
  • 24. What term describes the mating system where males have multiple partners?
A) Promiscuous
B) Polygynous
C) Polyandrous
D) Monogamous
  • 25. At what age do young joeys start to leave the pouch?
A) Around six months
B) Around two months
C) Around one year
D) Around eighteen months
  • 26. Where does the eastern wallaroo occupy?
A) Eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range
B) Western Australia
C) Barrow Island
D) The Kimberley region
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