13 Swamp Wallaby at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Wallabia bicolor | 26 Jan 2026 | DonFletcher | ||
| Wallabia bicolor | 24 Jan 2026 | cmobbs |
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Leucistic Swamp wallaby in Majura pines. Seen by a friend of a neighbour in Majura Pines on 23 Jan 2026 - exact location not available.
4 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
26 Jan 2026
Excellent photo Chris. I havent seen the stripe on the back of this wallaby in other photos. Yours is by far the best photo. (Or could there be more than one such wallaby on Mt Majura? - I doubt it).
May be acromelanism as seen in 'sealpoint' siamese cats. Apparently the same genes are involved in Leucism and Acromelanism so acromelanism may be a form of leucism, or they may be different forms of the same thing.
May be acromelanism as seen in 'sealpoint' siamese cats. Apparently the same genes are involved in Leucism and Acromelanism so acromelanism may be a form of leucism, or they may be different forms of the same thing.
cmobbs
wrote:
5 Feb 2026
Additional photo of this wallaby. It looks like it may be a female as there looks like dark small legs under it belly and there looks like a bulge between its back legs - perhaps a joey in its pouch?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.189877-35.241267
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 5 Feb 2026 08:06 AM Recorded on
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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
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