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THE first anecdotal evidence for delayed birth in macropods was given by Carson1 in 1912. However, the phenomenon of delayed birth in the quokka (Setonix brachyurus) and the tammar (Protemnodon eugenii) was first investigated in detail by Sharman2–4.
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SADLEIR, R., SHIELD, J. Delayed Birth in Marsupial Macropods— the Euro, the Tammar and the Marloo. Nature 185, 335 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/185335a0
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