Swamp Wallaby at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Wallabia bicolor | 4 Dec 2019 | DonFletcher | ||
| Wallabia bicolor | 4 Dec 2019 | fledgeling |
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User's notes
I've tentatively identified this as a swamp wallaby by comparison with pictures of various wallabies. The paws to the wrists and the tail were very dark.
2 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
5 Dec 2019
Hi Fledgling, well identified. This species is also, and more appropriately, known as the Black Wallaby. They are present in most units of Canberra Nature Park, especially the ones that have shrubby vegetation and the larger ones. But unlike Eastern Grey Kangaroos, they do not penetrate many suburbs as far as this one has. In some places, including the Ainslie-Majura Reserve, there are also Red-necked Wallabies.
fledgeling
wrote:
5 Dec 2019
Ah! Thank you, Don! It was a delight to open my front door and find this lovely creature just three metres away.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.147700-35.260100
- Altitude 588.0m
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Dec 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
- fledgeling Recorded by
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Mammals Kangaroos & Wallabies fledgeling Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Unknown Gender
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
- 445 images trained Machine learning
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