- Fact 2 - A wallaby is any macropod
that isn't considered large enough to be a kangaroo and has not
been given some other name. Macropods are animals in the
Macropodidae superfamily, including kangaroos, and the Koala
that are not considered large enough to be a kangaroo and has
not been given some other name
- Fact 3 - There are 30 species of
the wallabies
- Fact 4 - Species include the rock
wallaby, the brush wallaby and the shrub wallaby
- Fact 5 - The forearms of Wallabies
are small as they are mainly used for feeding and to help with
balance
- Fact 6 - Females are called Jill
- Fact 7 - Some are closer to the
kangaroos than the others such as the Agile Wallaby, the Black
Wallaby and the Red-Necked Wallaby
- Fact 8 - the Red-necked Wallaby stats and
facts
- Weight: 15-26 kg
- Height: males 77-88 cm. Females
70-84 cm
- Tail length: 80 cm
- Habitat:
Eucalyptus forests, woody districts and bushy plains
- Lifespan: 15 years
- Diet: the Wallaby are herbivores eating mainly
tree leaves, roots, grass and ferns.
- Fact 9 - The wallaby is a
marsupial. A marsupial is a mammal of which the female has a
pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature
- Fact 10 - The names given to babies
are Joey
- Fact 11 - The collective name for a group
of Wallabies is a
Mob
- Fact 12 - Males are called Jack
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