Swamp Wallaby

(Wallabia bicolor)

Swamp Wallabies are distributed from Cape York to Queensland, mostly to the east of the 'Great Dividing Range' to Victoria with a very small population in South Australia. Like most wallabies, the Swamp Wallaby never drifts far from shelter and can be considered solitary.

It's hopping style is different to other wallabies with its head down and its tail straight. It is genetically different to all other wallabies, eleven chromsomes instead of sixteen, and is the only mammal belonging to the genus 'wallabia'.

The Swamp Wallaby has greyish fur and a weak ginger under belly. Swamp Wallabies can be confused with the Red Legged Pademelon which it often shares its range, but it has a white face and is slightly larger.

The Swamp Wallaby lives near swampy, wet areas with scrub or coastal heath as cover. The Swamp Wallaby eats a variety of grasses and ferns. It could almost be considered one third pademelon and two thirds wallaby.

Swamp Wallaby Gallery

All the pictures were taken on our wildlife tours.