📷 benjamint · CC BY-SA 3.0
📷 JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/)
📷 Grendelkhan
IUCN: Least Concern
Red-Necked Wallaby
Macropus rufogriseus
KingdomAnimalia›PhylumChordata›ClassMammalia›OrderDiprotodontia›FamilyMacropodidae›GenusMacropus
About
Smaller and stockier than the red kangaroo, the red-necked wallaby gets its name from the rusty wash on its nape and shoulders. It moves in a series of bounding hops of one to two meters, and can carry a joey in its pouch while hopping at full speed.
Solitary and shy, it shelters in forest cover by day and grazes in open clearings at dusk, a pattern that lets it share habitat with its larger cousin without competing head-to-head.
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Eucalypt forests, woodland edges, and coastal scrub
🍃Diet Grasses, herbs, and the leaves of shrubs
📏Size & Weight Head-body 65–105 cm; tail a further 60–90 cm
•Weight 11–20 kg (males larger)
⏳Lifespan 9–15 years wild; up to 19 in care
🗺Range Eastern Australia and Tasmania; introduced in New Zealand
MammalMarsupial
Key Facts
⛰Habitat Eucalypt forests, woodland edges, and coastal scrub
🍃Diet Grasses, herbs, and the leaves of shrubs
📏Size & Weight Head-body 65–105 cm; tail a further 60–90 cm
•Weight 11–20 kg (males larger)
⏳Lifespan 9–15 years wild; up to 19 in care
🗺Range Eastern Australia and Tasmania; introduced in New Zealand
Photo Credits
#1benjamint · CC BY-SA 3.0
#2JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) · CC BY-SA 3.0
#3Grendelkhan · CC BY-SA 4.0
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