Red-necked Wallaby
Macropus rufogriseus
Class
Mammalia
Order
Diprotodondia
Family
Macropodidae
Red-necked Wallaby
Range
Throughout the eastern parts of Australia from Queensland and New South Wales to South Australia; also found in Tasmania
Size
Length: Up to 3 ft
Weight: 30 - 40 lbs
Habitat
Coastal woodlands and eucalyptus forests
Young
1 joey
Gestation: About 30 days
Diet
Grasses, roots, and leaves
IUCN Status
Least Concern
Adaptations
Wallabies are terrestrial and move by hopping. These wallabies are largely solitary, although larger mobs (group of wallabies) will form in good grazing areas.
They have excellent hearing, sense of smell, and sight. Individuals identify each other by smell.
Young
Gestation is one month, but the joey will stay in mother's pouch for an additional eight months. It weighs less than 1 g (0.04 oz) at birth. The joey will continue to suckle until it is around 12 - 15 months of age.
A female can have three young of different ages at one time: an undeveloped embryo, a developing joey in the pouch, and a joey outside the pouch still drinking from her.
Status
Red-necked wallabies are protected by law in all states of Australia.