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Red-necked Wallaby

Mammals

The red-necked wallaby, also known as Bennett's wallaby, is a medium-sized macropod marsupial common across the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It has also been introduced to several other countries, including New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man, France and Germany, where feral populations now persist outside its native range.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.
Partially Attested
Population Estimate
568 1
figure covers only the Isle of Man introduced population surveyed in the Ballaugh Curragh area, not the species total
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Notamacropus rufogriseus 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Diprotodontia, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Red-necked wallaby, Wikipedia
  • Description
    The red-necked wallaby or Bennett's wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • Introductions to other countries section
    Two nocturnal surveys, carried out across 400 hectares of the Ballaugh Curragh over two consecutive nights, gave an average number of 568 wallabies with a density of 140 per km².
  • introduced to several other countries, including New Zealand...
  • Article text
    Red-necked wallabies’ diets consists of grasses, roots, tree leaves, and weeds.
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2. Red-necked wallaby (Wikipedia)
common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern AustraliaView the Source
3. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Mammalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Mammifères","language":"FR"},{"name":"Mammals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Mamíferos","language":"ES"},{"name":"哺乳纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Wikidata: Red-necked Wallaby
Wikidata Q249024, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Macropodidae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 472
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 472
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":"Diprotodontia","family":"Macropodidae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Canguros, Wallabys","language":"ES"},{"name":"Kangourous, Wallabies","language":"FR"},{"name":"硕袋鼠科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: DiprotodontiaView the Source
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