Swamp wallaby
The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia. This wallaby is also commonly known as the black wallaby, with other names including black-tailed wallaby, fern wallaby, black pademelon, stinker (in Queensland), and black stinker (in New South Wales) on account of its characteristic swampy odour.
| Swamp wallaby | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macropodinae |
| Genus: | Wallabia Trouessart, 1905 |
| Species: | W. bicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804) | |
| Swamp wallaby range | |
The swamp wallaby is the only living member of the genus Wallabia.
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