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Red kangaroo / CAS:MAM:30163
Scientific Name: Macropus rufus
Age [Sex]: Adult [M]
Locality: Burke Developmental Road, 97 km N of Cloncurry
Higher Geography: Australia, Australia, Queensland
Collection Date: 16 August 1981
Collector Name [Number]: Ray Bandar - RB4884; 94
Notes: Skull. Cataloged for the 2014 Skulls exhibit. Kangaroos chop and grind grass with their forward molars. As these molars are worn down, they fall out. Rear molars migrate forward to replace them.
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