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Swamp wallaby

Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804)

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 14.8 kg to 15 kg and live up to 15 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
Photo: jjron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the swamp wallaby

Weight
15 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
15 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
16.8 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
35.9 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1.02src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
14 months – 15.1 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.4src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the swamp 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 swamp 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 swamp wallaby?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

The swamp wallaby is the only living member of the genus Wallabia.

From the Wikipedia article “Swamp wallaby” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swamp_wallaby&oldid=1384730708), 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 swamp wallaby endangered?

The swamp wallaby is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  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 Least Concern species.

How is the swamp wallaby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusWallabia
  7. SpeciesWallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804)

Synonyms Kangurus bicolor

Other names and names in other languages (25)
  • Black wallabyEnglish
  • ولب المستنقعاتArabic
  • klokan bažinnýCzech
  • Tofarvet wallabyDanish
  • SumpfwallabyGerman
  • Μαύρο ΟυάλαμπιGreek
  • Ualabí de PantanoSpanish
  • Walabí de PantanoSpanish
  • isovallabiFinnish
  • Wallaby bicoloreFrench
  • mocsári kenguruHungarian
  • WallabiaItalian
  • Wallabia delle paludiItalian
  • オグロワラビーJapanese
  • Pelkinė valabėLithuanian
  • WarapīMāori
  • SvarthalewallabyNorwegian Bokmål
  • MoeraswallabieDutch
  • Walabia bagiennaPolish
  • Wallaby-negroPortuguese
  • Болотный валлабиRussian
  • Esmer ValabiTurkish
  • banggarayxdk
  • 沼澤袋鼠Chinese
  • 黑尾袋鼠Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the swamp wallaby

Other species in the same family Macropodidae.

VU, Vulnerable
Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)

Quokka

Setonix brachyurus

Macropodidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the swamp wallaby?

An adult swamp wallaby weighs 15 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the swamp wallaby live?

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

Is the swamp wallaby endangered?

The swamp wallaby is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the swamp wallaby live?

The swamp wallaby has a recorded lifespan of 15 years.

How long is the swamp wallaby pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 35.9 days.

What kind of animal is the swamp wallaby?

The swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) belongs to the family Macropodidae in the order Diprotodontia.

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@misc{swamp_wallaby_2026,
  title = {Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/swamp-wallaby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}