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A red-necked wallaby spends its first nine months in the pouch. Even after it’s too big to fit, the joey returns to nurse for several more months.
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- Title: Red-necked wallaby
- Type: Taxidermy Specimen
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): 2018416
- Scientific Name: <i>Macropus rufogriseus</i>
- Photo Credit: Carl C. Hansen, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History & Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Field: Vertebrate Zoology
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