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Bennett's Wallaby
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| Scientific Name: |
Macropus rufogriseus |
| Range: |
Eastern Australia and Tasmania |
| Habitat: |
Grasslands for feeding and dense vegetation for cover |
| Natural Diet: |
Grasses and shoots |
| Zoo Diet: |
Monkey chow, rabbit pellets, grain, carrots, and apples |
Physical
Characteristics: |
Bennett’s wallabies have an average head and body
length of 16 to 39 inches and a tail length of up to 30 inches. They
have a brown-grey body with a red nape and red shoulders. Large,
muscular hindquarters make them excellent jumpers. A tapered tail acts
as a balance while the wallabies are leaping. |
| Behavior: |
Wallabies usually live alone, except for females and
their offspring. Wallabies live in the grasslands of Australia where
they use their large, flat teeth to grind grasses and plants into food. |
| Reproduction: |
Females have a pouch where the baby, called a joey,
lives for its first six to eight weeks of life. |
| Notes: |
While a small kangaroo is called a wallaby, a medium
sized kangaroo is called a wallaroo. At the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo,
you can see Bennett’s wallabies in the Central Zoo. |
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