#macropod

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Dusky Pademelon

This illustration is August's ko-fi Sticker Club design!

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Submitted for classification by anonymous.

By Melvin TOULLEC - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Western Grey Kangaroo, Perth WA.

An interesting feature in the greys is that they can have variable white facial markings, as seen here. You just know if we ever domesticated these guys we'd go crazy with the facial markings.

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Macropods! L to R: juvenile pathological red kangaroo, adult red, adult grey, and a juvenile wallaby.

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How Rood

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Macropod / Marsupial Adopts

1- Open 2- Open

3- Open 4- Open

5- Open 6- Adopted

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$12 usd (PayPal or Stripe), Art, and characters/ customs

Bases Used

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Cara Wara

Some close up photos of her head/face!

(Context of how I ended up with a pet kangaroo below)

My parents bought a property and she kinda came with it. Previous owners were worried moving would be too stressful for her, so they asked if we'd like to keep her. They had been considering putting her down before that.

--Her backstory (Written in 2023) --

Her Mum was hit by a car around 17-18 years ago and she was found in the pouch with a very injured leg. She stayed with her first owner/s for 2-3 years before being given to a friend (owners before us). The new owners got her broken leg amputated and eventually built a big enclosure for her to stay in.

2026 Update: Sadly she passed 4 months after we moved in. She was an amazing animal though, I loved spending time with her, and I think she enjoyed it too. She was such a sweet animal!

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Animal of the Day!

Rufous Hare-wallaby (Lagorchestes hirsutus)

(Photo from Australian Wildlife Conservancy)

Conservation Status- Vulnerable

Habitat- Northwestern Australia

Size (Weight/Length)- 2 kg; 30 cm

Diet- Seeds; Fruits; Leaves

Cool Facts- The rufous hare-wallaby, also known as the mala, are ancestral beings for the Aboriginal people of Australia and are tied tightly to their culture. These adorable macropods live in thick grasslands where they make shallow burrows with grass roofs to sleep the day away. During the summer, these burrows are dug deeper to escape the heat. Due to invasive species like foxes and feral cats along with multiple wildfires, the Rufous Hare-wallaby went extinct on mainland Australia. The mainland subspecies survived in captivity along with the Bernier and Dorre Island subspecies. In 2019, 30 individuals were reintroduced to mainland Australia in a gated and predator-free sanctuary. The predator-free island of Dirk Hartog Island has also become a sanctuary for the Rufous Hare-wallaby, allowing for their continued existence in the wild.

Rating- 12/10 (A teddy bear kangaroo.)