Least ConcernRed-legged Pademelon
Thylogale stigmatica
One of the 6 wallabies on WAnimals
Mammals · Diprotodontia · Macropodidae
Wallabia bicolor
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It is the only marsupial known whose gestation outlasts its own oestrous cycle, which lets it conceive in the last days of a pregnancy already under way, so females are effectively pregnant without a break.
Weight
10 kg – 20 kg
Size
66 cm – 85 cm
Life expectancy
15 years
Diet
Herbivore
Feeds mainly on plants.
Activity
Crepuscular
Active mainly at dawn and dusk.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: AnAge · Animal Diversity Web · BioDB · Caversham Wildlife · Animalia.bio · Cougar Mountain Zoo · PubMed · Wikipedia · Grokipedia
Best time: All year round in eastern Australia, at dusk and at night; it frequents dense understorey and forest edges.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 17.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Swamp Wallaby — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about swamp wallaby.
