Swamp wallaby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the swamp wallaby lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Wallabia bicolor
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Macropodidae

Where does the swamp wallaby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the swamp wallaby in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the swamp wallaby endangered?

The swamp wallaby’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the swamp wallaby?

The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, genus Wallabia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the swamp wallaby

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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Swamp wallaby (revision 1368891307), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q735179 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).