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Species group · Mammals

Wallabies

WAnimals has 6 species of wallaby, in the family Macropodidae.

6 species
1 family
7 countries
41 parks
Weight
4 kg – 27 kg
Length
48 cm – 1 m
Lifespan
5 – 15 years

Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 6.

All 6 species of wallabies on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Red-necked WallabyLeast Concern

Red-necked Wallaby

Notamacropus rufogriseus

4 countries27 parks
Agile WallabyLeast Concern

Agile Wallaby

Notamacropus agilis

3 countries7 parks
Vulnerable

Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby

Petrogale penicillata

3 countries9 parks
Least Concern

Swamp Wallaby

Wallabia bicolor

1 country17 parks
Near Threatened

Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby

Petrogale xanthopus

1 country1 park
Vulnerable

Bridled Nailtail Wallaby

Onychogalea fraenata

1 country

Conservation status

3 Least Concern2 Vulnerable1 Near Threatened

2 species in this group are in a threatened category according to the IUCN.

Where they live

Recorded in 7 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

  • Australia6
  • New Zealand2
  • France1
  • Indonesia1
  • Papua New Guinea1
  • United Kingdom1
  • United States1

Where to see them

  • Blue Mountains3 species
  • Border Ranges3 species
  • Girraween3 species
  • Grampians (Gariwerd)3 species
  • Barrington Tops2 species
  • Booderee2 species
  • Croajingolong2 species
  • Daintree2 species
  • Dorrigo2 species
  • Great Otway2 species
  • Ku-ring-gai Chase2 species
  • Lamington2 species

Did you know…?

  • There is a stable feral population in the forest of Rambouillet, near Paris, descended from animals that escaped from a zoological park in the 1970s.

    From Red-necked Wallaby

  • The female can hold an embryo suspended in diapause for months and restart its development just as the previous joey leaves the pouch.

    From Red-necked Wallaby

  • In the dry season it digs into the sandy beds of rivers to reach groundwater, creating wells that other animals then use.

    From Agile Wallaby

  • It is the only wallaby living both in Australia and on the island of New Guinea, separated by the Torres Strait.

    From Agile Wallaby

  • It leaps between vertical ledges with astonishing precision, and can climb sloping trunks and almost smooth walls using the rough pads of its feet.

    From Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby

  • Between 1884 and 1914 more than half a million rock-wallaby skins were exported from New South Wales, an exploitation that collapsed its populations before anyone had studied the species.

    From Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby

  • It is the only marsupial whose gestation outlasts its own oestrous cycle.

    From Swamp Wallaby

  • Females can be effectively pregnant without a break throughout their breeding lives.

    From Swamp Wallaby

Ecosystems

  • Grassland3
  • Temperate forest3
  • Mountain2
  • Savanna2
  • Desert1

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