A wallaby is any of
about thirty species of
macropod. It
is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is
smaller than a
kangaroo or
wallaroo that
has not been given some other name.
Very small forest-dwelling wallabies are known as pademelons and dorcopsises. The name wallaby comes from the Eora Aboriginal tribe who were the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. Young wallabies are known as "joeys", like many other marsupials.
Wallabies are widely
distributed across
Australia,
particularly in more remote, heavily timbered, or rugged
areas, less so on the great semi-arid plains that are better
suited to the larger, leaner, and more fleet-footed
kangaroos. They also can be found at the island of
New Guinea.
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