Swamp wallaby

Swamp wallaby
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Subfamily: Macropodinae
Genus: Wallabia
Trouessart, 1905[2]
Species:
W. bicolor
Binomial name
Wallabia bicolor
(Desmarest, 1804)
Swamp wallaby range
Synonyms
List
  • Kangurus bicolor Desmarest, 1804
  • Kangurus ualabatus Lesson & Garnot, 1826
  • Halmaturus lessonii Gray, 1837
  • Halmaturus nemoralis Wagner, 1842
  • Macropus ualabatus Thomas & Dollman, 1909

The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia.[3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ Menkhorst, P.; Denny, M.; Ellis, M.; Winter, J.; Burnett, S.; Lunney, D.; van Weenen, J. (2016). "Wallabia bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40575A21952658. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40575A21952658.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Trouessart, E.-L. (1904). Catalogus mammalium tam viventium quam fossilium. Vol. Quinquennale supplementum. Berolini: R. Friedländer & Sohn. p. 834.
  3. ^ Merchant, J. C. (1995). Strahan, Ronald (ed.). Mammals of Australia (Revised ed.). Sydney: Reed New Holland Publishers. p. 409.
  4. ^ Merchant, J. C. (1983). Strahan, Ronald (ed.). The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals, The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife (Corrected 1991 reprint ed.). Australia: Cornstalk Publishing. pp. 261–262. ISBN 0-207-14454-0.