AMNH Subway Art #16

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Mother and child of the Red Kangaroo Macropus rufus,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).

Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].

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Its Red Kangaroo Macropus rufus. Largest of the extant kangaroos found right across the drier interior of Australia.

By Andrew Taylor (not verified) on 20 Jan 2008 #permalink

But what is the large critter they are in front of?

i am not entirely sure (it is an extinct animal, that much i know). but i can go back there and get another picture and ask you guys to identify the animal.