Agile wallaby

Agile wallaby[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Notamacropus
Species:
N. agilis
Binomial name
Notamacropus agilis
(Gould, 1842)
Agile wallaby range
Synonyms[2]
  • Halmaturus agilis Gould, 1842
  • Macropus agilis (Gould, 1842)

The agile wallaby (Notamacropus agilis), also known as the sandy wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is the most common wallaby in north Australia. The agile wallaby is a sandy colour, becoming paler below. It is sometimes solitary and at other times sociable and grazes on grasses and other plants. The agile wallaby is not considered threatened.

  1. ^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Aplin, K.; Dickman, C.; Salas, L.; Woinarski, J. & Winter, J. (2016). "Notamacropus agilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40560A21954106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40560A21954106.en. Retrieved 23 April 2023.

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