wallaroon.
/ˌwɒləˈruː/, U.S. /ˌwɔləˈru/, /ˌwɑləˈru/, Australian English /ˌwɔləˈruː/ A large species of kangaroo, Macropus robustus; in Queensland and New South Wales applied chiefly to the black variety. Also wallaroo kangaroo.
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1826 J. Atkinson Acct. Agric. & Grazing New S. Wales ii. 24 There is also found far in the interior another variety [of kangaroo], called wallaroos; they are much larger than any of the others.
1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales I. xvii. 309 The wallaroo, of a blackish colour, with coarse shaggy fur, inhabiting the hills.
1845 J. O. Balfour Sketch New S. Wales 25 The wallaroo kangaroo is of a darkish red colour, and weighs about 60 lbs.
1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. xiii. 458 He had been guided by a beaten track of Wallurus.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. v. 111 The..southern forest, where..the forester kangaroo and the wallaroo alone run.
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