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    • Osphranter rufus

bawurra

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Names

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Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi (D23):         bawurra

Yuwaalaraay (D27):                                                bawurra

Yuwaalayaay (D54):                                                bawurra

 

Common name: Red Kangaroo

Scientific name: Osphranter rufus

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Source: Harry White, Bernadette Duncan, Rhonda Ashby & Ted Fields Jnr
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Pronunciation

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Bawurra  Bowra 

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How does it Look - Feel - Smell - Taste?

Feels like: It's fur is softer than the grey kangaroo

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WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?

Bawurra is the largest of all kangaroos. Its fur is red. 

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Food, Medicine and Other Uses

FOOD

good for eating - like rissoles

 

MEDICINE

 

OTHER

sinews used for rope

bones used for tools and needles for weaving and sewing skins together to make cloaks

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Where Is It Found?

everywhere

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Cultural Significance

Ceremonial

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Connection to People

Ceremony / dance

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Connection to Other Plants/Animals

Kangaroo grass (themeda australis) the grass replicates a kangaroo footprint

Little baby kangaroos love to eat kangaroo grass

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Management

Check to make sure there are no babies in the pouch. If you killed the mother you will have to look after the baby

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  • Kingdom: ANIMALIA
  • Phylum: CHORDATA
  • Subphylum: VERTEBRATA
  • Informal: GNATHOSTOMATA
  • Class: MAMMALIA
  • Subclass: MARSUPIALIA
  • Order: DIPROTODONTIA
  • Suborder: PHALANGERIDA
  • Superfamily: MACROPODOIDEA
  • Family: MACROPODIDAE
  • Subfamily: MACROPODINAE
  • Genus: Osphranter
  • Species: Osphranter rufus

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© Kamilaroi Plant and Animal Encyclopaedia
Last updated: Nat Raisbeck-Brown; Jun 3, 2020 1:55 Status: Partial

Author - Nat Raisbeck-Brown

Ashby, R., Duncan, B., Raisbeck-Brown, N. Kamilaroi Plants and Animals. (2020).bawurra. Garragal Project, Boggabilla, New South Wales, Australia. [Date accessed: <insert date in day month year format>] https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/kamilaroi