Wallabia bicolor
1 Swamp Wallaby at Kambah, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Wallabia bicolor | MichaelBedingfield | 8 Dec 2025 | |
| Wallabia bicolor | HelenCross | 6 Dec 2025 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Saw this female Swamp Wallaby hopping beside the road, obviously blind. Called the Rangers and managed to catch and hold her until the Ranger arrived. Animal hat to be euthanised as it had a deadly parasite that causes the blindness and is identified by the notches in the ears. It will go the the ANU researcher who is hoping to identify the parasite
3 comments
6 Dec 2025
Thanks Jill, she was jumping around, bumping into the guard rail, fences and trees and hopping onto the road so I'm glad I got her before she was hit by a car. Hope they're able to find out what the parasite is and a cure for it
Location information
- Coordinates 149.032489-35.387628
- Altitude 614.3m
- Maps Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T.
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Dec 2025 05:32 PM Recorded on
- HelenCross Recorded by
Collections
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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- Additional attributes