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Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)

Mammals · Diprotodontia · Macropodidae

Red-necked Wallaby

Notamacropus rufogriseus

Least Concern

The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.

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The red-necked wallaby, or Bennett's wallaby, is a medium-sized macropod recognisable by the reddish tone of its nape and shoulders. It spends the day hidden in thick cover and comes out at dusk to graze in clearings and meadows. It is the kangaroo species that has best colonised cold climates: the Tasmanian subspecies withstands snowfall. Outside Australia there are established feral populations in several parts of Europe and in New Zealand, descended from escapes from private collections.

Weight

11 kg – 27 kg

Size

70 cm – 90 cm

Life expectancy

9 years

Diet

Herbivore

Feeds mainly on plants.

Activity

Nocturnal

Active mainly at night.

Social structure

Solitary

Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.

Sighting difficulty

Easy

Temperate forestGrassland
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Fun facts

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

Life cycle and biology

Skeleton type
Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (mammal)
Habitat and environment
Sclerophyll woodland, dense scrub and forest margins of eastern and southern Australia
Sexual maturity
14 months
Gestation / incubation
30 days
Litter / clutch size
1

Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/

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See its range on the interactive map→
Blue MountainsAustralia
FreycinetAustralia
KosciuszkoAustralia
Grampians (Gariwerd)Australia
Tasmanian Wilderness (Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair)Australia
Wilsons PromontoryAustralia
Royal National ParkAustralia
WarrumbungleAustralia
CoorongAustralia
Barrington TopsAustralia
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CountriesAustralia
ParksBlue MountainsAustralia
TagsHerbivore
Herbivore
Nocturnal
Solitary
Temperate forest
Grassland
Mammal
Australia
France
New Zealand
United Kingdom