Wallabia bicolor

Swamp Wallaby at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

	Wallabia bicolor	8 Aug 2018	MichaelMulvaney
	Petrogale penicillata	11 Jun 2018	roymcd

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User's notes

Photo provides a useful comparison of brush-tailed and swamp wallabies.

3 comments

jadef0 wrote:

20 Jan 2019

The first two pictures and the animal in the bottom right of the third photo, is of a brush-tail rock wallaby (Petrogale penicillata), not a swamp wallaby.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

21 Jan 2019

Thanks Jade

roymcd wrote:

21 Jan 2019

I've been thinking a little about the various subtle differences between the two. One detail that comes to mind is the difference in ear colour. The Swamp Wallaby has dark 'Mickey Mouse' ears while the Brush-tail has a paler pigmentation on the inner ear. Depending on the lighting, the Brush-tail can have dark ears, but generally its inner ear colour looks much paler.

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
22 May 2018 04:13 PM Recorded on
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roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Kangaroos & Wallabies Mammals

Species information

Wallabia bicolor Scientific name
Swamp Wallaby Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1338.8m Recorded at altitude
938 images trained Machine learning
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