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western brush wallaby
The western brush wallaby (''Macropus irma''), also known as the black-gloved wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in the southwest coastal region of Western Australia. The wallaby's main threat is predation by the introduced red fox (''Vulpes vulpes''). The IUCN lists the western brush wallaby as Least Concern, as it remains fairly widespread and the population is believed to be stable or increasing, as a result of fox control programs.〔
The western brush wallaby has a grey colour with distinctive white colouring around the face, arms and legs (although it does have black gloves as its alternative common name implies). It is an unusually diurnal macropod that eats mainly grass.〔
==Taxonomy==
The western brush wallaby was classified as ''M. irma'' in 1837. Synonyms include ''Halmaturus irma'' 〔), Burt and Babs Wells, Department of Environment and Conservation of Australia.〕 The western brush wallaby falls under the order Diprotodontia which is composed of marsupials with only one pair of incisors in the lower jaw (although a second, non-functional pair may be present), three pairs of uppers incisors, and no lower canine teeth. All of these characteristics of the teeth are clear adaptions for an herbivorous diet.〔''Mammals of Australia''. Ed. by Ronald Strahan. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995.〕 The western brush wallaby is in the superfamily Macropodoidea, the suborder Phalangerida, and the subgenus ''Notamacropus''.〔 They are part of the largest family of marsupials, Macropodidae, which are believed to have become secondarily terrestrial after descending from arboreal marsupials.〔
==Behavior==
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