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Common Name:
Bennett's Wallaby



Scientific Name:
Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus


Image Number:
bennetts-wallaby-51

Description:
A Bennett’s Wallaby licks
its forearm. By placing saliva
on an area of the arm where
blood vessels are close to the
skin allows the wallaby to lose excess body heat and
thermoregulate.

Original Image:
Nikon RAW NEF 16 bit



Scanned Image Size:
2560 x 1920 px = 7.76 mb

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