A Wallaby is a marsupial or pouched animal that is a member of the kangaroo family. There are around 30 different types of wallaby. Wallabies are smaller than kangaroos and are spread widely across Australia and neighbouring islands. Wallabies are also widespread in New Zealand which they were introduced, they are often hunted as they are considered a pest. There are even few populations of wallabies in the United Kingdom with around 100 individuals this is due to zoo escape. The name wallaby comes from the Eora Aboriginal tribe who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.
Description of habitat
Wallabies generally prefer more remote areas which are more wooded and rugged, rather than open arid plains that are more suited to larger and more flat footed kangaroos. Some smaller wallabies are forest dwellers such as the Pademelons and Dorocpsulus wallaby. There are many wallaby species, grouped roughly by habitat: shrub wallabies, brush wallabies, and rock wallabies are an example of wallabies which are named because of their habitat.
Adaptations of the wallaby
The mother wallaby spends most of her adult life pregnant, but in times of drought, she has the ability to indefinitely freeze her developing young until there’s a better food source
The mother wallaby can have to different joey’s in the pouch at the same time, that are different ages, the mother wallaby can create to different types of milk to suit the needs of the joeys
The wallaby is more able to hop up and down the slopes than their larger relatives the kangaroo, wallabies have large, strong tendons in their hind legs which act as springs.
The wallabies hind legs can’t move independently went hopping but only when the y swim. And they use there long strong tail for balance
Wallabies have really good hearing and they are ability to twitch their ears independently around to determine where sound is coming from.
This is where mostly wallabies are found in Australia but they are still widley spread
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Wallaby
A Wallaby is a marsupial or pouched animal that is a member of the kangaroo family. There are around 30 different types of wallaby. Wallabies are smaller than kangaroos and are spread widely across Australia and neighbouring islands. Wallabies are also widespread in New Zealand which they were introduced, they are often hunted as they are considered a pest. There are even few populations of wallabies in the United Kingdom with around 100 individuals this is due to zoo escape. The name wallaby comes from the Eora Aboriginal tribe who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area.Description of habitat
Wallabies generally prefer more remote areas which are more wooded and rugged, rather than open arid plains that are more suited to larger and more flat footed kangaroos. Some smaller wallabies are forest dwellers such as the Pademelons and Dorocpsulus wallaby. There are many wallaby species, grouped roughly by habitat: shrub wallabies, brush wallabies, and rock wallabies are an example of wallabies which are named because of their habitat.Adaptations of the wallaby
This is where mostly wallabies are found in Australia but they are still widley spread