#0342 · 🦊 mammals
Common Wallaroo
🇳🇱 Bergkangoeroe ·Osphranter robustus
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what is it?
The common wallaroo ( Osphranter robustus ), also known as the euro , hill wallaroo , or simply wallaroo , is a species of macropod. The word euro is particularly applied to one subspecies ( O. r. erubescens ).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,615 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by John Gould in 1841 (185 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Wallaroo
- Nederlands
- Bergkangoeroe
- scientific name
- Osphranter robustus
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Diprotodontia
- family
- Macropodidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,615
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1841 by John Gould
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Macropodidae
#0050 📷 10Red-necked Wallaby
🇳🇱 Bennettwallaby
Notamacropus rufogriseus
LC 👀 5 in NL
#0212 📷 10Eastern Grey Kangaroo
🇳🇱 Oostelijke Grijze Reuzenkangoeroe
Macropus giganteus
LC 🌍 36k seen
#0230 📷 10Swamp Wallaby
🇳🇱 Moeraswallabie
Wallabia bicolor
LC 🌍 22.2k seen
#0248 📷 8Western Grey Kangaroo
🇳🇱 Westelijke Grijze Reuzenkangoeroe
Macropus fuliginosus
LC 🌍 13.3k seen
#0317 📷 8Agile Wallaby
🇳🇱 Zandwallaby
Notamacropus agilis
LC 🌍 5.5k seen
#0348 📷 10Rufous-bellied Pademelon
🇳🇱 Roodbuikpademelon
Thylogale billardierii
LC 🌍 4.4k seen
#0364 📷 10Red-legged Pademelon
🇳🇱 Roodpootpademelon
Thylogale stigmatica
LC 🌍 3.7k seen
#0404 📷 10Red Kangaroo
🇳🇱 Rode Reuzenkangoeroe
Osphranter rufus
LC 🌍 3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1453438, Wikidata Q116251176, GBIF 12056282, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.