New Zealand Mammals

DSC_8353 Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) skull prepared by George Holley. This species is confined to the South Island and the largest wallaby in New Zealand. Of the six wallaby species introduced into New Zealand, this has been the most successful, and is now regarded as a serious agricultural pest. Widespread in the Hunter Hills inland from Waimate *

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DSC_8353 Bennett's wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) skull prepared by George Holley. This species is confined to the South Island and the largest wallaby in New Zealand. Of the six wallaby species introduced into New Zealand, this has been the most successful, and is now regarded as a serious agricultural pest. Widespread in the Hunter Hills inland from Waimate *

DSC 8353 Bennetts wallaby pest New Zealand skull mammals Macropus rufogriseus marsupial feral game sports agricultural acclimatised