Characteristics of adopted pouch young (PY) eastern grey kangaroos at Wilsons Promontory National Park, Australia, 2008–2013.

Mother A is the putative biological mother and Mother B is the adoptive mother. ‘N/A’ refers to not available1 pouch = seen in a second pouch; assoc. = seen suckling a second mother; DNA = seen only with one mother but genotype of young did not match mother.2 Subsequently disappeared and presumably died.3 Not individually recognisable until marked at 15.4 months of age.4 Disappeared at this age and presumably died.5 Disappeared at this age and was later found dead.6 Abandoned soon after capture.7 Found in the pouch with another young (#584) that was alone in the pouch when first captured at 1.4 months of age.Characteristics of adopted pouch young (PY) eastern grey kangaroos at Wilsons Promontory National Park, Australia, 2008–2013.