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Whiptail wallaby

Notamacropus parryi (Bennett, 1835)

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The whiptail wallaby (Notamacropus parryi) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 12.6 kg to 13.5 kg and live up to 9.85 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the whiptail wallaby

Weight
12.6 kg – 13.5 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
9.85 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Longest recorded lifespan
14 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
37.1 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
2.09 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.29src 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 whiptail 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 whiptail 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 whiptail wallaby?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The whiptail wallaby (Notamacropus parryi), also known as the pretty-faced wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in eastern Australia. It is locally common from Cooktown in Queensland to near Grafton in New South Wales.

From the Wikipedia article “Whiptail wallaby” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Whiptail_wallaby&oldid=1383367513), 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 whiptail wallaby endangered?

The whiptail 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 whiptail wallaby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusNotamacropus
  7. SpeciesNotamacropus parryi (Bennett, 1835)

Synonyms Halmaturus parryi pallida, Macropus parryi

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Pretty-faced wallabyEnglish
  • Pretty-faced wallabyEnglish
  • Whip-tailed wallabyEnglish
  • ولب جميل الوجهArabic
  • klokan ParryůvCzech
  • HübschgesichtwallabyGerman
  • Ουάλαμπι με μαστιγωτή ουράGreek
  • Ualabí CarabonitaSpanish
  • valkoposkikenguruFinnish
  • Wallaby de ParryFrench
  • Wallaby dalla faccia graziosaItalian
  • エレガントワラビーJapanese
  • PiskhalewallabyNorwegian Bokmål
  • WitwangwallabieDutch
  • kangur nadobnyPolish
  • Ualabi-Cauda-de-ChicotePortuguese
  • Валлаби ПарриRussian
  • จิ้งโจ้แคระหางแส้Thai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the whiptail wallaby

Other species in the same genus Notamacropus.

VU, Vulnerable

Parma wallaby

Notamacropus parma

MacropodidaeNo free photo yet

LC, Least Concern

Tammar wallaby

Notamacropus eugenii

MacropodidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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How big is the whiptail wallaby?

An adult whiptail wallaby weighs 12.6 kg – 13.5 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the whiptail wallaby live?

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

Is the whiptail wallaby endangered?

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

How long does the whiptail wallaby live?

The whiptail wallaby has a recorded lifespan of 9.85 years.

How long is the whiptail wallaby pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 37.1 days.

What kind of animal is the whiptail wallaby?

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Whiptail wallaby (Notamacropus parryi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/whiptail-wallaby

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BibTeX
@misc{whiptail_wallaby_2026,
  title = {Whiptail wallaby (Notamacropus parryi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/whiptail-wallaby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}