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Bennett's Wallaby
Bennett's wallaby: The smaller kangaroo
Bennett's wallaby is a beautiful animal, native to Eastern Australia and Tasmania. They breed in late Summer and early Autumn, giving birth to one joey that stays in its mothers pouch until it is about six to nine months old.
These macropods share genus with kangaroos and wallaroos. The term 'wallaby' is often used for any macropod smaller than a kangaroo. These macropods are very similar to kangaroos, but about three times smaller.
Bennett's Wallaby
Wallaby
Macropus rufogriseus
Macropods
A Bennett's wallaby is a beautiful mammal. It is larger than a pademelon but smaller than a kangaroo. Its beady black eyes are above its long nose that sniffs out anything delicious. Their pointy ears are on the top of its oval shaped head.
Around 90cm long from their behind to snout and around 1.5 metres tall from their paws to the tips of their ears.
They have very distinctive black noses and paws and white stripe going along their jaw line. They have reddish brown fur over their shoulders.
There are actually albino Bennett's wallabies on Bruny Island and some parts of Australia. They are very common especially on remote parts of Bruny Island.
Bennett's wallabies like open fields of bushland and bush scrub. They like shaded forests that have grass on the forest floor, altough they enjoy leaves as well..
Bennett’s wallabies like leaves, grasses and certain types of shrubs. They like fallen leaves that they don't have to reach up to get, altough they can reach up to smaller trees.
Bennett's wallabies breed between late Summer and early Autumn. The mother keeps the joey in its pouch until the joey does not fit anymore, after around six to nine months.
Native to Tasmania and Eastern Australia, although they have been introduced to many countries including New Zealand, United Kingdom, Germany and more.
The main threat to these incredible species is road kill.
They growl, hiss and grunt but they make a cute chewing noise when they eat that sounds a little like a bunny.
Bennett's wallabies are widespread and can be seen in many places. The brown coloured ones can be found all over Tasmania and large parts of Eastern Australia. Albino Bennett's wallabies can be seen on remote parts of Bruny Island and Tasmania.
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