Red neck Wallaby - Scientific name: Macropus rufogriseus
Other common names for this wallaby are Bennett's Wallaby, Brush Wallaby, Brusher and Red Wallaby.
Red-neck Wallabies generally rest alone but graze communally. They are found down the east coast of Australia ranging from Southern Queensland through NSW and Victoria and throughout most of Tasmania. Their habitats include scrubland to open forest with heath land to hide in amongst.
There are two subspecies of Red-neck Wallaby, a mainland and a Tasmanian subspecies. Females give birth to young throughout the year. The red neck wallaby can be distinguished from other wallabies by their large size and distinctive colouring. The majority of their body is brown/grey with a reddish/orange neck sometimes extending down their backs. Males tend to have a deeper or more distinctive 'red neck' than the females who are duller in colour. Their chests are usually white or lighter in colour and their paws, muzzle and majority of feet are always black.
Red neck Wallabies enjoy resting under trees or other shady areas during the warmest part of the day becoming more active during late afternoon and early morning.
They are not currently on any endangered lists.
All mammals are vertebrates, including wallabies.
The red-necked wallaby is the largest type of wallaby, with males reaching a height of about 1 metre and females 80cm. Although it's mostly grey in colour, its rusty red neck is what gives the red-necked wallaby its name, and the red is more pronounced in males than in females. It has two cream coloured stripes on its dark nose. It has a thick, long, grey tail with a dark tip.
Red-necked wallaby was created in 1817.
No. The Red-necked wallaby has a conservation status of "Least Concern".
The Bennett Wallaby is another name for the Red-necked Wallaby. The International Union of Conservation for Nature, IUCN Red List, lists the Red-necked Wallaby with a status of "least concern" and the population trend is considered "stable". For more details, please see the sites listed below.
Whether this question is in reference to the Red-necked Wallaby or the Red Kangaroo, the answer is still "no". All members of the kangaroo family are marsupials, which give live birth. The only egg-laying mammals are the platypus and the echidna.
There are about 30 different species of wallaby. Some of these include: * Agile Wallaby * Black-striped Wallaby * Tammar Wallaby * Toolache Wallaby * Western Brush Wallaby * Parma Wallaby * Pretty-faced Wallaby * Red-necked Wallaby * Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby * Northern Nail-tail Wallaby * Short-eared Rock-wallaby * Proserpine Rock-wallaby * Rothschild's Rock-wallaby * Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby * Allied Rock-wallaby * Cape York Rock-wallaby * Godman's Rock-wallaby * Herbert's Rock-wallaby * Black-flanked Rock-wallaby * Mareeba Rock-wallaby * Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby * Purple-necked Rock-wallaby * Mt. Claro Rock-wallaby * Banded Hare-wallaby * Spectacled Hare-wallaby * Rufous Hare-wallaby * Eastern Hare-wallaby
There are dozens of species of wallaby. They each have different scientific names. Below are a few examples: Parma wallaby - Macropus Parma Red-Necked or Bennett's Wallaby - Macropus rufogriseus Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby - Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby - Petrogale penicillata
Dingoes are the main predators of the red-necked wallaby.
It depends on the wallaby. Weight, height and length vary between the species, and there are around 30 species.Some average wallaby body lengths are listed below.Red-necked wallaby: 76 - 82 cmBanded Hare-wallaby: 40 - 45 cmYellow-footed rock wallaby: 48 - 60 cm
It wasn't it was always here, it is an Australian native.