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
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
It eats ferns, shrubs and plants that are toxic to other grazers.
From Swamp 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

Ecosystems