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#0428 · 🦊 mammals

Whiptail Wallaby

🇳🇱 Witwangwallabie ·Notamacropus parryi

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 outside Europe
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Rich Kostecke · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © David Cook · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Teale Britstra · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  4. 4. © Kevin Schafer · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  5. 5. © Teale Britstra · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  6. 6. © Steve Dew · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © QuestaGame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  8. 8. © Annika T · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. © Annika T · CC BY-NC 4.0
Whiptail Wallaby, photo 1 of 9
1/9 © Rich Kostecke · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,598iNaturalist observations
  • 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.
  • 2,598 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Whiptail Wallaby
Nederlands
Witwangwallabie
scientific name
Notamacropus parryi
class
Mammalia
order
Diprotodontia
family
Macropodidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
2,598
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Macropodidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1453430, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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