agile wallaby
macropus agilis latin

Early in the morning, as we boiled the billy, an agile wallaby visited us.

The agile wallaby is a sandy colour becoming paler below.

The agile wallaby has a wide range and is common over much of that range.

The agile wallaby is commonly sighted on the island.

The agile wallaby is not considered threatened.

Another species, the agile wallaby (Macropus agilis), was abundant but can not be found today.

Larger animals you might see include the very visible agile wallaby, the elusive red kangaroo and the giant water buffalo.

There are four subspecies of the agile wallaby:

It’s a strange sight, made stranger by the agile wallabies that dart across the wetlands, chips of water sparkling in their wake.

"Agile wallabies," explains Luke, helpfully identifying the species.

Just yards from our observation deck, beneath a sky that rages pink and purple, are those agile wallabies – dozens of them.

In the gulf region of Queensland, feral pigs and agile wallabies are the dingo's main prey.

Agile wallabies are common at Mirima National Park and throughout the Kimberley.

A tiny 25cm Agile Wallaby is scrounging around the tent making beggarly sneezing noises.

Although most of the wildlife in the area is nocturnal, it's possible to spot a wallaroo or agile wallaby while walking at dawn or dusk.

The agile wallaby feeds mainly at night on grasses, legumes and other herbaceous plants, but may also forage by day, especially in the wet season.

In the rainforests of the north, the main prey consists of magpie geese, rodents and agile wallabies.

The golden wallaby is endemic to the island and the agile wallaby, once more common to the region, has now retreated to the island.

In general the agile wallaby is a solitary animal, but it sometimes forms into groups when feeding on open pastures, a behaviour that may help with predator awareness.

In the woodland and grassland area the agile wallaby, northern nailtail wallaby and Australian bustard may be found.

Other mammals known from the site include: the northern nail-tail wallaby, agile wallaby, long-haired rat and Kimberley rock rat.

Other animal species found in the park include the rock-haunting ringtail possum, agile wallaby, olive python, catfish, wallaroo, dingo, and echidna.

Those closely related to the Australian kangaroos, such as the agile wallaby (Macropus agilis), inhabit the open grasslands of New Guinea.

Renfree established a colony of tammars at Murdoch University and also started working on agile wallabies, studying them to understand how lactation is controlled in marsupials.

At a site where foraging patches were less abundant, agile wallabies did not select a home range that contained a greater proportion of foraging patches than expected.