Mammals
Mammals
Announcements
There are currently no announcements.
Discussion
ROWLAD
wrote:
Yesterday
It may be my incompetence at using the NaturMapr functionality but I currently cannot find any earlier or other record on the system of another sighting of Swamp Wallabies on Tuggeranong Hill. As I see one or two swamp wallabies almost every morning when I go for an early stroll I find this surprising. On the other hand, they seem very cautious, almost furtive, and much more inclined to hop away than either of the other two local macropod species, so I have found them difficult to capture in a photograph. I also remember one visiting my garden (which abuts Tuggeranong Hill) in the drought of the early 1990s. This may indicate they have been present for some years, though I am sure their abundance has always been well below that of Eastern Greys or Red-necked Wallabies.
Wallabia bicolor
DonFletcher
wrote:
26 Jan 2026
Excellent photo Chris. I havent seen the stripe on the back of this wallaby in other photos. Yours is by far the best photo. (Or could there be more than one such wallaby on Mt Majura? - I doubt it).
May be acromelanism as seen in 'sealpoint' siamese cats. Apparently the same genes are involved in Leucism and Acromelanism so acromelanism may be a form of leucism, or they may be different forms of the same thing.
May be acromelanism as seen in 'sealpoint' siamese cats. Apparently the same genes are involved in Leucism and Acromelanism so acromelanism may be a form of leucism, or they may be different forms of the same thing.
Wallabia bicolor
Significant sightings
- Dasyurus maculatus ssp. maculatus
- Phascolarctos cinereus at Googong, NSW
- Phascolarctos cinereus at Googong, NSW
- Sousa sahulensis at Undefined, WA
- Wallabia bicolor at Symonston, ACT
- Sarcophilus harrisii
- Pseudocheirus peregrinus at Bywong, NSW
- Petaurus notatus at Bywong, NSW
- Phascolarctos cinereus at Jacka, ACT
- Tachyglossus aculeatus multiaculeatus
Top contributors
- darren.leroux 962
- Frecko 751
- MartinPredavec 585
- DMeco 575
- ChrisAllen 420
- Waterwatch 384
- MichaelBedingfield 334
- RodDeb 300
- MB 299
- Chakola 296
Top moderators
- DonFletcher 2.2K
- MichaelMulvaney 2.2K
- JoelStibbardBCT 2.1K
- MichaelBedingfield 1.9K
- MartinPredavec 1.4K
- Liam.m 1.3K
- JamesLidseyBCT 1.3K
- darren.leroux 962
- Frecko 563
- CarbonAI 450