#0317 · 🦊 mammals

Agile Wallaby

🇳🇱 Zandwallaby ·Notamacropus agilis

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Janine Duffy, Koala Clancy Foundation · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bradley Rasmussen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Fran Wiesner · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Arthur Chapman · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © sarah macdonald · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jenny Donald · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Alexandre Roux · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Geoff Whalan · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The agile wallaby ( Notamacropus agilis ), also known as the sandy wallaby , is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is the most common wallaby in north Australia. The agile wallaby is a sandy colour, becoming paler below. It is sometimes solitary and at other times sociable and grazes on grasses and other plants. The agile wallaby is not considered threatened.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,482iNaturalist observations
length 80 cmadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,482 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
About 80 cm long.
Scientifically named by John Gould in 1842 (184 years ago).