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| Mammals Database .. detailed information | |
| Swamp Wallaby , Black-tailed Wallaby , Stinker Wallabia bicolor | |
| Mammal Family : | "Kangaroos and Wallabies" Macropodidae |
| Description : | Common. Body 75cm ; Tail 76cm ; Weight 12-20kg. Upper body, dark red-brown to black. Solitary, but will form feeding groups. Eats a wide range of vegetation, pine seedlings, bracken fern to hemlock, prefers shrubs and bushes rather than grass. |
| Typical Habitat : | Open forest with brush understorey, dry vine thickets in N.Q., brigalow scrub in south QLD. |
| Distribution : | Patchy distribution in a broad coastal belt [west of the Dividing Range], from Cape York to south western Victoria. |
| Introduced : | No |
| Seen North Qld : | Yes |
| Additional info .. | locations seen (1) .. habitats seen (1) .. |
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