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Wallabies are marsupials from the islands of Australia, Tasmania,
New Zealand, and New Guinea |
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here for Wallaby photos! |
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They are small- to medium-sized kangaroos |
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There are 30 different types of wallabies that live in many types
of habitats, including rocky areas, grasslands, forests and swamps |
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Wallabies range in size from the size of a rabbit to almost 1.8 m
long |
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The soft, woolly fur can be gray, brown, red or almost black. The
belly is lighter |
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Females (called fliers, or Jill's) have a pouch in which the young
live and drink milk |
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The young is carried in pouch for 37 weeks, then suckled another 9
months |
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Males (called boomers, or Jack's) are larger than females |
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Babies are called joeys |
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They have short arms with clawed fingers. strong, legs, and long,
four-toed feet with claws · They can hop and jump with their powerful
legs |
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These herbivores (plant eaters) eat grass, leaves, and roots |
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They swallow their food without chewing it and later regurgitate a
cud and chew it |
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They need very little water; they can go for months without drinking,
and they dig their own water wells |
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They live in groups of up to 50, each made up of smaller groups of
10 or less |
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To
see a QuickTime movie of the most common type of wallaby,
please click here
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