A close-up of a wallaby with a soft gray and brown fur, standing in front of a blurred outdoor background.

Swamp Wallaby

Paignton Zoo is home to one swamp wallaby named Daniel, who shares an enclosure with our red-necked wallaby mob. You can tell him apart from the others as he is the smallest, with dark coloured ears.

Swamp WallabyWallabia bicolor

  • Class:

    Mammalia

  • Order:

    Diprotodontia

  • Family:

    Macropodidae

About the swamp wallaby

Swamp wallabies live in dense forests, woodlands and swampy areas on the eastern coast of Australia.

They are herbivores, consuming leaves, grasses, buds and shrubs.

Conservation

Although classified as Least Concern, this marsupial has suffered from destruction of its natural habitat that has had a negative impact on the overall population of the species. In addition, due to destroying crops, swamp wallabies have also been killed by farmers as pests.