Red-necked wallaby

Red-necked wallaby[1]
Bennett's wallaby (N. r. rufogriseus), Bruny Island, Tasmania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Notamacropus
Species:
N. rufogriseus
Binomial name
Notamacropus rufogriseus
(Desmarest, 1817)
Subspecies

N. r. rufogriseus
N. r. banksianus
N. r. fruticus

Red-necked wallaby's native range
Synonyms[2]
  • Wallabia rufogriseus Desmarest, 1817
  • Macropus ruficollis (Desmarest, 1817)
  • Macropus rufogriseus (Desmarest, 1817)

The red-necked wallaby or Bennett's wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)[3] is a medium-sized macropod marsupial (wallaby), common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Red-necked wallabies have been introduced to several other countries, including New Zealand, the United Kingdom (in England and Scotland), Ireland, the Isle of Man, France and Germany.[4]

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). "Order Diprotodontia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b McKenzie, N.; Menkhorst, P.; Lunney, D. (2016). "Macropus rufogriseus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40566A21953329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40566A21953329.en. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Notamacropus rufogriseus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. ^ Dickinson, Greg (20 September 2018). "The curious mystery of the wild wallabies living on the Isle of Man". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 June 2019.