Swamp wallaby

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Swamp wallaby

Order : Diprotodontia
Family : Macropodidae
Species : Wallabia bicolor

The Swamp wallaby is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the swamp wallaby

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Ÿ¨ôDESCRIPTION: The description of the swamp wallaby is very clear. (Full text)

Despite its name the Swamp Wallaby is not restricted to swamps. (Full text)

Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is third. (Full text)

The Swamp or Black Wallaby Wallabia bicolor is sometimes mistaken for a Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby but it has a shorter tail, a different posture and when seen up close has different colouration. (Full text)

The Swamp Wallaby is a very shy creature, and is often seen darting for cover. (Full text)

Wallabia bicolor is, on average, 70 cm tall with males weighing 12. (Full text)

The Swamp Wallaby is not as common in Sydney as it once was, but can still be found in a few places in its preferred habitat of thick forest undergrowth or sandstone heath. (Full text)

F The Swamp Wallaby is found on the eastern coast of Australia and New Zealand and a lot of offshore (Full text)

3s Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor is a browser; this young one is browsing on a dry eucalypt leaf. (Full text)

The Swamp Wallaby is different from any other breed of Wallaby. (Full text)

Swamp WallabyThe Swamp Wallaby is a solitary animal. (Full text)

The Swamp Wallaby is set apart from the other Wallabies by its very dark colour. (Full text)

Hare-wallaby Lagostrophus fasciatus is thought to be the sole surviving sthenurine while the Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor is one of few browsers left in Australia (although it also eats grass) and possibly a living relative of the extinct Protemnodont kangaroos. (Full text)

The swamp wallaby is in fact quite different from other wallabies, and is classified as the only living member of the genus Wallabia. (Full text)