Southern Downs MarsupialsWallabia bicolor
The only living member of the genus Wallabia, Wallabia bicolor is also known commonly as the Swamp Wallaby and the Black Wallaby. It is a small macropod marsupial found along eastern Australia in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and south-eastern South Australia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand.
This Swamp Wallaby has distinct colour variation, that includes the typical grey coat of the macropods and varied with a dark brown to black areas on the back, a light rufous orange on the chest. It has a light coloured cheek stripe, with a darker colouring on the extremities of the body. The tip of the tail is often white.
Common names
Swamp Wallaby, Black Wallaby, Black-tailed Wallaby, Fern Wallaby, Black Pademelon, Stinker (in Queensland), Black Stinker (in New South Wales).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
- Informal: Gnathostomata
- Class: Mammalia
- Subclass: Marsupialia
- Order: Diprotdontia
- Suborder: Phalangerida
- Superfamily: Macropodoidea
- Family: Macropodidae
- Subfamily: Macropodinae
- Genus: Wallabia
- Species: Wallabia bicolor
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for confirmation of ID to Backyards for Biodiversity SEQ Inc, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1781462865517256/user/100081022405809/
- Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b6f829dd-0aef-4422-a3f6-77ff691aa9af
- Species profile—Wallabia bicolor (swamp wallaby), Queensland Government, https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=885#
- Swamp wallaby, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp_wallaby (last visited Dec. 4, 2022).
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