Whiptail wallaby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Whiptail wallaby Macropus parryi

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 19 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See marsupials on the world map

Scientific name	Macropus parryi
Group	Marsupials
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Macropodidae

Where does the whiptail wallaby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the whiptail 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.

What kind of animal is the whiptail wallaby?

The whiptail wallaby (Macropus parryi) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, genus Macropus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the whiptail wallaby

The whiptail wallaby (Notamacropus parryi), also known as the pretty-faced wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in eastern Australia. It is locally common from Cooktown in Queensland to near Grafton in New South Wales.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Whiptail wallaby (revision 1315246781), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q753763 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).