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Parma wallaby

Notamacropus parma (Waterhouse, 1845)

VUVulnerablemarsupials

The parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 4.2 kg to 4.5 kg and live up to 10 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

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Quick facts about the parma wallaby

Weight
4.2 kg – 4.5 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
10 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
15.9 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
34.3 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
0.95src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
16.8 months – 20.4 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.3src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the parma wallaby live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The parma wallaby is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the parma wallaby?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma) is a small marsupial macropod mammal native to forests and densely-vegetated areas of northeastern New South Wales, Australia, close to the border with Queensland. An introduced population exists on New Zealand's Kawau Island. About the size of a stout cat, it lives mainly under thick plant cover, and is only active at night when it emerges to feed on grasses and small plants. It is the smallest of the wallabies (short, kangaroo-like marsupial mammals of the genus Notamacropus) and carries its young in a pouch, as with other marsupials. Shy and elusive, it was believed extinct until its rediscovery in the 1960s.

Parma wallabies are threatened by habitat loss, and, in addition to native predators (such as birds of prey, monitor lizards, and snakes), they are easily preyed upon by dingoes and non-native feral cats and red foxes.

From the Wikipedia article “Parma wallaby” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parma_wallaby&oldid=1373538381), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the parma wallaby endangered?

The parma wallaby is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Vulnerable species.

How is the parma wallaby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusNotamacropus
  7. SpeciesNotamacropus parma (Waterhouse, 1845)

Synonyms Macropus parma

Other names and names in other languages (21)
  • ولب بارماArabic
  • Wallabi ParmaBreton
  • Ualabi de ParmaCatalan
  • klokan parmaCzech
  • ParmakänguruGerman
  • Ualabí ParmaSpanish
  • ParmavallabiFinnish
  • pikkukenguruFinnish
  • Wallaby de ParmaFrench
  • Parma-kenguruHungarian
  • Wallaby parmaItalian
  • パルマヤブワラビーJapanese
  • パルマワラビーJapanese
  • WarapīMāori
  • ParmawallabieDutch
  • kangur małyPolish
  • Kangur parmaPolish
  • Ualabi-de-ParmaPortuguese
  • Белогрудый валлабиRussian
  • Kengura parmaSlovak
  • จิงโจ้แคระปาร์มาThai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the parma wallaby

Other species in the same genus Notamacropus.

LC, Least Concern

Tammar wallaby

Notamacropus eugenii

MacropodidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Whiptail wallaby

Notamacropus parryi

MacropodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the parma wallaby?

An adult parma wallaby weighs 4.2 kg – 4.5 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the parma wallaby live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the parma wallaby for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the parma wallaby endangered?

The parma wallaby is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

How long does the parma wallaby live?

The parma wallaby has a recorded lifespan of 10 years.

How long is the parma wallaby pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 34.3 days.

What kind of animal is the parma wallaby?

The parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma) belongs to the family Macropodidae in the order Diprotodontia.

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BibTeX
@misc{parma_wallaby_2026,
  title = {Parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/parma-wallaby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}