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The Parma Wallaby and its Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

K. Wodzicki  and
J. E. C. Flux
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Abstract

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Until 1966 the parma or white-throated wallaby Macropus parma was believed to have been extinct in Australia for over thirty years. But in that year the authors discovered a considerable number on the New Zealand island of Kawau, where they had been introduced a century ago, as described in Oryx December 1969. Like other wallabies they had been shot and poisoned in considerable numbers because of the damage they do to tree seedlings and agricultural land, but the authors are hopeful that management plans now in hand will ensure their survival unmolested.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , May 1971 , pp. 40 - 49
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1971

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