| Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
| Whiptail
Wallaby |
Macropus
parryi |
| Introduction |
 |
|
Often called the
Pretty-faced Wallaby because of its facial markings, it lives in
groups of around 50.
|
| Food |
|
Feeds primarily
on grasses and other herbaceous plants including ferns early in the
morning and late of an afternoon.
|
| Breeding |
|
A single young is
born, usually around January. It remains in the mother's pouch for
about nine months, and continues to suckle until about 15 months of
age.
|
| Habitat |
 |
|
Open, grassy
floors of forests and woodlands in northern New South Wales and
eastern Queensland.
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