Swamp Wallaby
Wallabia bicolor
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 14,951
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) 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 (in Queensland), and black stinker (in New South Wales) on account of its characteristic swampy odour. The swamp wallaby is the only living member of the genus Wallabia.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Swamp wallaby”.