Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXXI, Issue 1
Written by Petronela Mihaela ROȘU, Diana Marilena ȘERBĂNESCU, Sorina Andreea BENCHIA, Adela Ioana MUSTĂȚEA, Iliana RUZHANOVA-GOSPODINOVA, Cristian Romeo BELU, Bogdan GEORGESCU
Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) belongs to the Diprotodontia order, Marsupialia infraclass, Macropodidae family, and the genus Macropus, and is spread particularly on the Australian continental. The Macropodidae family encloses all the marsupial herbivores, from which the kangaroos and the wallabies are the best known. This case study provides a complete description of the long pelvic limb bones in the red-necked wallaby. The morphological features of the skeleton provide valuable data in practice, allowing accurate species identification in case of disputes. The following conclusions emerged: the gluteal line is very high, the ischial tuberosity is rounded and drawn lateral, the iliopubic eminence is very developed, the greater trochanter is large, rectangular and undivided, the tibial intercondylar eminence is very high and elongated, and the articular surfaces relatively equal, the epipubic bones are L-shaped and the cranial extremity is the longer half.
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