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A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod
Macropod

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallaby, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, and several others....
 (Family Macropodidae). It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo
Kangaroo

A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae . In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the Red Kangaroo, the Antilopine Kangaroo, and the Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Western Grey Kangaroo of the Macropus genus....
 or wallaroo
Wallaroo

A wallaroo is any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallaby. The name "wallaroo" is a portmanteau of wallaby and kangaroo....
 that has not been given some other name.

Very small forest-dwelling wallabies are known as pademelon
Pademelon

A pademelon is any of seven species of small marsupials of the genus Thylogale. They are usually found in forests. Pademelons are the smallest of the macropods....
s (genus Thylogale) and dorcopsises (genera Dorcopsis
Dorcopsis

The dorcopsises are the marsupials of the genus Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus....
 and Dorcopsulus
Dorcopsulus

Dorcopsulus is a genus of marsupial in the Macropodidae family.It contains the following species:* Macleay's Dorcopsis * Small Dorcopsis ...
).






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A wallaby is any of about thirty species of macropod
Macropod

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallaby, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, and several others....
 (Family Macropodidae). It is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo
Kangaroo

A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae . In common use the term is used to describe the largest species from this family, the Red Kangaroo, the Antilopine Kangaroo, and the Eastern Grey Kangaroo and Western Grey Kangaroo of the Macropus genus....
 or wallaroo
Wallaroo

A wallaroo is any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallaby. The name "wallaroo" is a portmanteau of wallaby and kangaroo....
 that has not been given some other name.

Very small forest-dwelling wallabies are known as pademelon
Pademelon

A pademelon is any of seven species of small marsupials of the genus Thylogale. They are usually found in forests. Pademelons are the smallest of the macropods....
s (genus Thylogale) and dorcopsises (genera Dorcopsis
Dorcopsis

The dorcopsises are the marsupials of the genus Dorcopsis and Dorcopsulus....
 and Dorcopsulus
Dorcopsulus

Dorcopsulus is a genus of marsupial in the Macropodidae family.It contains the following species:* Macleay's Dorcopsis * Small Dorcopsis ...
). The name wallaby comes from the Eora
Eora

The traditional owners of the inner Sydney City region of Australia are the Cadigal people, one of the peoples who belong to the Eora language group....
 Aboriginal tribe who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
 area. Young wallabies are known as "joeys
Joey (marsupial)

A joey is any infant marsupial.Marsupials have an extremely short gestation period , and the joey is 'born' basically in a Fetus state. The blind, furless, miniature newborn, the size of a jelly bean, crawls across its mother's fur to make its way into the pouch , where it latches onto a teat for food....
", like many other marsupial
Marsupial

Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals, characterized by a distinctive Pouch , in which females carry their young through early infancy....
s.

Range and habitat

Wallabies are widely distributed across Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, particularly in more remote, heavily timbered, or rugged areas, less so on the great semi-arid plains that are better suited to the larger, leaner, and more fleet-footed kangaroos. They are widespread in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, where they are often hunted. There are also a few populations of wallabies in the British Isles all having escaped from zoos, the largest of which can be found on the Isle of Man
Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , or Mann , is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical centre of the British Isles....
 where there is a breeding colony of around 100.

Classification

Wallabies are not a distinct biological group. Nevertheless they fall into several broad categories. Typical wallabies of the Macropus
Macropus

Macropus is a marsupial genus that belongs to the family Macropod, it has 14 species which are further divided into 3 subgenera. The genus includes all terrestrial kangaroos, wallaroos and several species of wallaby....
 genus, like the Agile Wallaby
Agile Wallaby

The Agile Wallaby , also known as the Sandy Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It is the most common wallaby in Australia's north....
 (Macropus agilis), and the Red-necked Wallaby
Red-necked Wallaby

The Red-necked Wallaby is a medium-sized pooopiemacropod, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia. As one of the largest Wallaby, it can easily be mistaken for a kangaroo....
 (Macropus rufogriseus) are most closely related to the kangaroos and wallaroos and, size aside, look very similar. These are the ones most frequently seen, particularly in the southern states.

Rock-wallabies
Rock-wallaby

The rock-wallabies are the wallaby of the genus Petrogale....
 (genus Petrogale), rather like the goat
Goat

The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep: both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae....
s of the northern hemisphere, specialise in rugged terrain and have modified feet designed to grip rock with skin friction rather than dig into soil with large claws. There are at least fifteen species and the relationship between several of them is poorly understood. Several are endangered. Captive rock wallaby breeding programs like the one at Healesville Sanctuary
Healesville Sanctuary

Healesville Sanctuary, or the Sir Colin MacKenzie Fauna Park, is a zoo specializing in native Australian animals. It is located at Healesville, Victoria in rural Victoria , Australia, and has a history of breeding native animals....
 have had some success and a small number have recently been released into the wild.

The Banded Hare-wallaby
Banded Hare-wallaby

The Banded Hare-wallaby is a marsupial that is currently found on the Islands of Bernier Island and Dorre off western Australia. A small population has recently been established on Faure Island and it appears to have been successful....
 (Lagostrophus fasciatus) is thought to be the last remaining member of the once-numerous subfamily Sthenurinae, and although once common across southern Australia, is now restricted to two islands off the Western Australian coast which are free of introduced predators. It is not as closely related to the other hare wallabies (genus Lagorchestes) as the hare wallabies are to the other wallabies.

New Guinea
New Guinea

New Guinea, located just north of Australia, is the List of islands by area, having become separated from the Australian mainland when the area now known as the Torres Strait flooded after the last glacial period....
, which was until fairly recent geological times part of mainland Australia, has at least five species of wallaby.

Feral populations

Wallabies are an introduced species in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, where they are considered a pest. A program to reintroduce them to Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 has met with limited success.

There is a large feral population of over 100 in the Isle of Man
Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , or Mann , is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical centre of the British Isles....
 in the Ballaugh Curraghs area, having bred originally from a pair that escaped from the nearby Curraghs Wildlife Park some years ago.

Additionally, a small feral population of wallabies is known to exist in Hawai'i, in the upper regions of Kalihi Valley of the island of Oahu
Oahu

'Oahu' or 'Oahu' , known as Gathering_place#Island_of_O.7B.7Bokina.7D.7Dahu_as_The_Gathering_Place, is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the State of Hawaii....
. This colony arose from an escape of zoo specimens of Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) in 1916.

A number of wallaby breeding colonies in other parts of the world have been established at times in the past, but only one proved viable. The two principal populations were those of the island of Inchconnachan
Inchconnachan

Inchconnachan is an island in Loch Lomond in Scotland.The 1920s wooden bungalow near to the narrows was the holiday home of Lady Arran Colquhoun....
 in Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond , is a freshwater Scotland loch, lying on the Highland Boundary Fault. It is the largest lake in mainland Britain, by surface area, and contains many islands, including Inchmurrin, the largest fresh water island in the British Isles....
, Scotland
Scotland

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 and in the Peak District
Peak District

The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire....
 of England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
. The Peak District population was established in around 1940 by five escapees from a local zoo and lasted until at least 2002. At its peak in 1975 the population numbered around sixty individuals. The Loch Lomond population was deliberately established in 1975 and unmanaged has achieved a viable population of around 28. Restricted to the island of Inchconnachan there are occasional escapes to the mainland when the loch freezes over. Other populations in the United Kingdom that for some periods bred successfully included one near Teignmouth
Teignmouth

Teignmouth is a town in Devon, England, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign. In 1690, it was the last place in England to be invaded by a foreign power....
, Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, another in the Ashdown Forest
Ashdown Forest

Ashdown Forest is in the county of East Sussex, in South East England is an open area of of heathland together with pine, birch and oak woodland in the High Weald AONB....
, East Sussex
East Sussex

East Sussex is a Counties of England in South East England England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel....
 and one on the island of Bute and Lundy.

There is also a small population on Lambay Island
Lambay Island

Lambay Island lies off the coast of north County Dublin, Republic of Ireland, north of Ireland's Eye. It is located at and is the Extreme points of Ireland in the Republic of Ireland....
 off the east coast of Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. This group was introduced by Dublin Zoo after a sudden population explosion in the mid 1980s.

Species

Wallabies Mother and Son
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As mentioned above, the term wallaby is ill-defined and can mean just about any macropod of moderate size. In consequence, the listing below is arbitrary and taken from the complete list of macropods
Macropod

Macropods are marsupials belonging to the family Macropodidae, which includes kangaroos, wallaby, tree-kangaroos, pademelons, and several others....
.

  • Banded Hare-wallaby
    Banded Hare-wallaby

    The Banded Hare-wallaby is a marsupial that is currently found on the Islands of Bernier Island and Dorre off western Australia. A small population has recently been established on Faure Island and it appears to have been successful....
    , Lagostrophus fasciatus
  • Brown Dorcopsis
    Brown Dorcopsis

    The Brown Dorcopsis is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is Endemism to Indonesia.References...
    , Dorcopsis muelleri
  • White-striped Dorcopsis
    White-striped Dorcopsis

    The Greater Forest-wallaby or White-striped Dorcopsis is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
    , Dorcopsis hageni
  • Black Dorcopsis
    Black Dorcopsis

    The Black Dorcopsis or Black Forest-wallaby is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is Endemism to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
    , Dorcopsis atrata
  • Gray Dorcopsis
    Gray Dorcopsis

    The Gray Dorcopsis is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.References...
    , Dorcopsis luctuosa
  • Small Dorcopsis
    Small Dorcopsis

    The Lesser Forest-wallaby or Small Dorcopsis is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
    , Dorcopsulus vanheurni
  • Macleay's Dorcopsis
    Macleay's Dorcopsis

    Macleay's Dorcopsis , also known as the Papuan Dorcopsis or the Papuan Forest-wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family....
    , Dorcopsulus macleayi
  • Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby
    Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby

    The Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby , also known as the Central Hare-wallaby or Kuluwarri, is an extinct species of macropod formerly found in central Australia....
    , Lagorchestes asomatus
  • Spectacled Hare-wallaby
    Spectacled Hare-wallaby

    The Spectacled Hare-wallaby is a species of macropod found in Australia. A small sub-population is found on Barrow Island, Western Australia, the mainland type is widespread, though in decline, across northern regions of the country....
    , Lagorchestes conspicillatus
  • Rufous Hare-wallaby
    Rufous Hare-wallaby

    The Rufous Hare-wallaby , also known as the Mala, is a small macropod found in Australia. It was formerly widely distributed across the western half of the continent but is now confined to Bernier Island and Dorre Island Islands off Western Australia....
    , Lagorchestes hirsutus
  • Eastern Hare-wallaby
    Eastern Hare-wallaby

    The Eastern Hare-wallaby is an extinct species of wallaby. It lived on inland plains of South-eastern Australia. It had hare-like habits. It sat still in a well-formed 'seat' by day, usually in the shelter of a tussock grass....
    , Lagorchestes leporides
  • Agile Wallaby
    Agile Wallaby

    The Agile Wallaby , also known as the Sandy Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It is the most common wallaby in Australia's north....
    , Macropus agilis
  • Black-striped Wallaby
    Black-striped Wallaby

    The Black-striped Wallaby , also known as the Scrub Wallaby, is a medium-sized wallaby found in Australia, from Townsville, Queensland in Queensland to Narrabri, New South Wales in New South Wales....
    , Macropus dorsalis
  • Tammar Wallaby
    Tammar Wallaby

    The Tammar Wallaby , also known as the Dama Wallaby or Darma Wallaby, is a small member of the kangaroo family and is the type species for research on kangaroos and marsupials....
    , Macropus eugenii
  • Toolache Wallaby
    Toolache Wallaby

    The Toolache Wallaby is an extinct species of wallaby from South-western South Australia and South-western Victoria . Many people considered it to be the most elegant, graceful and swift species of kangaroo....
    , Macropus greyii (extinct)
  • Western Brush Wallaby
    Western Brush Wallaby

    The Western Brush Wallaby , also known as the Black-gloved Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in southwestern Western Australia. It is listed as near threatened by the IUCN, and the main threat towards it seems to be predation by the introduced Red Fox ....
    , Macropus irma
  • Parma Wallaby
    Parma Wallaby

    The Parma Wallaby was first described by British naturalist John Gould in about 1840. A shy, cryptic creature of the wet sclerophyll forests of southern New South Wales, it was never common and, even before the end of the 19th century, it was believed to be extinct....
    : Macropus parma (rediscovered, thought extinct for 100 years)
  • Pretty-faced Wallaby
    Pretty-faced Wallaby

    The Pretty-faced Wallaby , also known as the Whiptail Wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in eastern Australia. It is locally common from Cooktown, Queensland in Queensland to near Grafton, New South Wales in New South Wales....
    : Macropus parryi
  • Red-necked Wallaby
    Red-necked Wallaby

    The Red-necked Wallaby is a medium-sized pooopiemacropod, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia. As one of the largest Wallaby, it can easily be mistaken for a kangaroo....
    : Macropus rufogriseus
  • Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby
    Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby

    The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby is an endangered species of wallaby, presently found in three isolated pockets Queensland, Australia. The small wallaby is named for its two distinguishing characteristics; a white "bridle" line that runs down from the back of the neck around the shoulders, and the horny spur on the end of its tail....
    , Onychogalea fraenata
  • Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby
    Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

    The Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby was a nail-tail wallaby that lived in the woodlands and scrubs of the west and centre of Australia. It had silky fur and, like other nail-tail wallabies, had a horny spur at the tip of its tail....
    , Onychogalea lunata (extinct)
  • Northern Nail-tail Wallaby
    Northern Nail-tail Wallaby

    The Northern Nail-tail Wallaby , also known as the Sandy Nail-tail Wallaby, is a species of macropod found in Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory....
    , Onychogalea unguifera
  • Short-eared Rock-wallaby
    Short-eared Rock-wallaby

    The Short-eared Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby found in northern Australia, in the northernmost parts of Northern Territory and Western Australia....
    , Petrogale brachyotis
  • Monjon
    Monjon

    The Monjon , also known as the Warabi, is the smallest of the many species of rock-wallaby found in Australia. It is found in areas of the Kimberley region of Western Australia and also on some islands in the Bonaparte Archipelago....
    , Petrogale burbidgei
  • Nabarlek
    Nabarlek

    The Nabarlek , also known as the Pygmy Rock-wallaby or the Little Rock-wallaby, is a very small species of macropod found in northern Australia....
    , Petrogale concinna
  • Proserpine Rock-wallaby
    Proserpine Rock-wallaby

    The Proserpine Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby restricted to a small area in the in Conway National Park, Dryander National Park, Gloucester Island National Park, and around the town of Airlie Beach, all in Whitsunday Shire in Queensland, Australia....
    , Petrogale persephone
  • Rothschild's Rock-wallaby
    Rothschild's Rock-wallaby

    Rothschild's Rock-wallaby , sometimes known as the Roebourne Rock-wallaby, is a species of macropod found in Western Australia, in the Pilbara district and the Dampier Archipelago....
    , Petrogale rothschildi
  • Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
    Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby

    The Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby is a member of the macropodidae family .The Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby is grey-brown with a yellow striped tail, white underside, yellow forearms and yellow feet....
    , Petrogale xanthopus
  • Allied Rock-wallaby
    Allied Rock-wallaby

    The Allied Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is very similar to six other species of rock-wallaby found in this area, including the Cape York Rock-wallaby , the Unadorned Rock-wallaby , and Herbert's Rock-wallaby ....
    , Petrogale assimilis
  • Cape York Rock-wallaby
    Cape York Rock-wallaby

    The Cape York Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby restricted to Cape York Peninsula in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely-related rock-wallabies, all found in northeastern Queensland, also including the Mt Claro Rock-wallaby , the Mareeba Rock-wallaby and Godman's Rock-wallaby ....
    , Petrogale coenensis
  • Godman's Rock-wallaby
    Godman's Rock-wallaby

    Godman's Rock-wallaby is a diprotodont marsupial, and a rather typical rock-wallaby. It is found in northern and north-eastern Queensland, Australia....
    , Petrogale godmani
  • Herbert's Rock-wallaby
    Herbert's Rock-wallaby

    Herbert's Rock-wallaby is a member of a group of seven very closely-related rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. Herbert's is the most southerly and most widespread of the group....
    , Petrogale herberti
  • Unadorned Rock-wallaby
    Unadorned Rock-wallaby

    The Unadorned Rock-wallaby is a member of a group of closely related rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is paler than most of its relatives and even plainer, hence its common name....
    , Petrogale inornata
  • Black-flanked Rock-wallaby
    Black-flanked Rock-wallaby

    The Black-flanked Rock-wallaby , also known as the Black-footed Rock-wallaby or Warru, is a kind of wallaby, one of several Rock-wallaby in the genus Petrogale....
    , Petrogale lateralis
  • Mareeba Rock-wallaby
    Mareeba Rock-wallaby

    The Mareeba Rock-wallaby is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related species which also include the Cape York Rock-wallaby , the Unadorned Rock-wallaby and the Allied Rock-wallaby ....
    , Petrogale mareeba
  • Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
    Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby

    The Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby or Small-eared Rock-wallaby is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock-wallaby in the genus Petrogale. It inhabits rock piles and cliff lines along the Great Dividing Range from about 100 km north-west of Brisbane to northern Victoria , in vegetation ranging from rainforest to Sclerophyll....
    , Petrogale penicillata
  • Purple-necked Rock-wallaby
    Purple-necked Rock-wallaby

    The Purple-necked Rock-wallaby was first classified in 1924 by Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, then director of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, who noted a strange purple colouration around the neck as well as skull differences separating it from other rock-wallaby species....
    , Petrogale purpureicollis
  • Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby
    Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby

    The Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby , also known as Sharman's Rock-wallaby, is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia....
    , Petrogale sharmani
  • Tasmanian Pademelon
    Tasmanian Pademelon

    The Tasmanian Pademelon , also known as the Rufous-bellied Pademelon or Red-bellied Pademelon, is the sole Endemism species of pademelon found in Tasmania....
    , Thylogale billardierii
  • Brown's Pademelon
    Brown's Pademelon

    Brown's Pademelon is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland....
    , Thylogale browni
  • Dusky Pademelon
    Dusky Pademelon

    The Dusky Pademelon or Dusky Wallaby is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
    , Thylogale brunii
  • Calaby's Pademelon
    Calaby's Pademelon

    Calaby's Pademelon , also known as the Alpine Wallaby, is a species of marsupial in the Macropodidae family. It is Endemism to Papua New Guinea....
    , Thylogale calabyi
  • Mountain Pademelon
    Mountain Pademelon

    The Mountain Pademelon is a member of the Thylogale genus. It is found only in Papua New Guinea.ReferencesExternal_links...
    , Thylogale lanatus
  • Red-legged Pademelon
    Red-legged Pademelon

    The Red-legged Pademelon is a species of small macropod found on the northeastern coast of Australia and in New Guinea. In Australia it has a scattered distribution from the tip of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland to around Tamworth, New South Wales in New South Wales....
    , Thylogale stigmatica
  • Red-necked Pademelon
    Red-necked Pademelon

    The Red-necked Pademelon is a forest-dwelling marsupial living in the eastern coastal region of Australia. Mainly nocturnal, the Red-necked Pademelon is very shy and generally inhabits temperate forests near grassland, hiding in the forests by day and emerging into the grasslands to graze in the dusk....
    , Thylogale thetis
  • Swamp Wallaby
    Swamp Wallaby

    The Swamp Wallaby is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia. This wallaby is also commonly known as the Black Wallaby, with other names including Black-tailed Wallaby, Fern Wallaby, Black Pademelon, Stinker , and Black Stinker ....
     or Black Wallaby, Wallabia bicolor


Fictional wallabies

  • Rocko from Rocko's Modern Life
    Rocko's Modern Life

    Rocko's Modern Life is an American TV animated series, the fourth of Nickelodeon Nicktoons, created by Joe Murray and aired for four seasons from 1993 to 1996....
    .
  • Wallaby
    Wallaby (manga)

    is a Japanese fantasy manga by Kiyohiko Azuma. It was published in Game-jin magazine from December 1998 until the summer 2000 issue, and collected in Kiyohiko Azuma Sakuhinshu: Azumanga 2....
    , or "Warabi", a stuffed Wallaby doll from the Kiyohiko Azuma
    Kiyohiko Azuma

    is a Japanese people manga author and illustrator. In his manga he writes under the hiragana form of his name, which has led some people to confuse him for a female ....
     manga of the same name.


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