Subspecies Wallabia bicolor bicolor (Desmarest, 1804)
Swamp Wallaby
- Kangurus bicolor Desmarest, A.G. 1804. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle: appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique: par une société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs: avec des figures tirés des trois règnes de la nature. Paris : Deterville Tom. 24. [page unknown].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, unknown locality. - Kangurus ualabatus Lesson, R.P. & Garnot, P. 1826. Zoologie. Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822–1825, etc. 131-161 pp. [161 pl. 7].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP Nouv. Cat. Gal. Nº 25 ♂ young adult mounted skin & damaged skull, Port Jackson, NSW. - Halmaturus lessonii Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History ns 1: 577-587 [Date published Nov. 1837: publication date established from Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls [3 Nov. 1888]] [583].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, unknown locality (=NSW?).Type locality references:
Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122. - Halmaturus nemoralis Wagner, J.A. 1842. in Schreber, J.C.D. von (1774–1855) Die Säugethiere, in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Fortgesetzt von A. Goldfuss Supplementband von J.A. Wagner. Suppl. 3 hft 111–112. Erlangen : Voss. [114].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, NSW. - Macropus ualabatus Thomas, O. & Dollman, G. 1909. On mammals from Inkerman, north Queensland, presented to the National Museum by Sir William Ingram, Bt., and the Hon. John Forrest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 788-794 pl. 42 [Date published Apr. 1909: publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [76]] [792].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 8.8.8.65 subadult ♀ skin & skull, Inkerman, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [48]
- Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [166] (as subspecies)
Generic Combinations
- Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804).
- Setonix bicolor (Desmarest, 1804).
- Wallabia bicolor bicolor (Desmarest, 1804).
Introduction
See Jackson & Groves (2015) for discussion on taxonomic history and subspecies recognition.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Folivore, heath, nocturnal, open forest, subtropical, terrestrial, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Associated with areas of thick undergrowth.
General References
Claridge, A.W., Trappe, J.M. & Claridge, D.L. 2001. Mycophagy by the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor). Wildlife Research 28: 643-645
Claridge, A.W. & May, T.W. 1994. Mycophagy among Australian mammals. Australian Journal of Ecology 19: 251-275
Edwards, G.P. & Ealey, E.H.M. 1975. Aspects of the ecology of the swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 1: 307-317
Hill, G.J.E. & Phinn, S.R. 1993. Revegetated sand mining areas, swamp wallabies and remote sensing: North Stradbroke Island. Australian Geographical Studies 31: 3-13
Hollis, C.J., Robertshaw, J.D. & Harden, R.H. 1986. Ecology of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, in north-eastern New South Wales. I. Diet. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 355-365
Hollis, C.J., Robertshaw, J.D. & Harden, R.H. 1986. Ecology of the swamp wallaby in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, I. Diet. Wildlife Research 13: 355-366
Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 520 pp. [166]
Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63
Lindenmayer, D.B., Cunningham, R.B., Donnelly, C.F., Triggs, B.A. & Belvedere, M. 1994. The conservation of arboreal marsupials in the montane ash forests of the central highlands of Victoria, south-eastern Australia V. Patterns of use and the microhabitat requirements of the mountain brushtail possum Trichosurus caninus Ogilby in retained linear habitats (wildlife corridors). Biological Conservation 68: 43-51
Lunney, D. & O'Connell, M. 1988. Habitat selection by the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, the red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus, and the common wombat, Vombatus ursinus, in logged, burnt forest near Bega, New South Wales. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 695-706
McEvoy, J.C. 1979. The taxonomic status of the red Stradbroke wallaby. Mammalia 43: 581-583
Merchant, J.C. 1995. Swamp Wallaby Wallabia bicolor. pp. 404-405 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Montague, T.L. 1993. An assessment of the ability of tree guards to prevent browsing damage using captive swamp wallabies. Australian Forestry 56: 145-147
Montague, T.L. 1994. Wallaby browsing and seedling palatability. Australian Forestry 57: 171-175
Osawa, R. 1989. Road-kills of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, on North Stradbroke Island, south-east Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 95-104
Osawa, R. 1990. Feeding strategies of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. I. Composition of diets. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 615-621
Osawa, R. & Woodall, P.F. 1990. Feeding strategies of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor, on North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. II. Effects of seasonal changes in diet quality on intestinal morphology. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 623-632
Osawa, R. & Woodall, P.F. 1992. A comparative study of macroscopic and microscopic dimensions of the intestine in five macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). I. Allometric relationships. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 91-98
Osawa, R. & Woodall, P.F. 1992. A comparative study of macroscopic and microscopic dimensions of the intestine in five macropods (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). II. Relationship with feeding habits and fibre content on the diet. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 99-113
Pollock, D.C. & Montague, T.L. 1991. A new trap trigger mechanism for the capture of swamp wallabies, Wallabia bicolor (Marsupialia: Macropodidae). Wildlife Research 18: 459-461
Ramsey, D.S.L. & Wilson, J.C. 1997. The impact of grazing by macropods on coastal foredune vegetation in southeast Queensland. Australian Journal of Ecology 22: 288-297
Southwell, C.J., Weaver, K.E., Cairns, S.C., et al. 1995. Abundance of macropods in north-eastern New South Wales, and the logistics of broad-scale ground surveys. Wildlife Research 22: 757-766
Troy, S. & Coulson, G. 1993. Home range of the swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor. Wildlife Research 20: 571-577
Warburton, B. & Sadlier, R.M.F. 1990. Swamp wallaby Wallabia bicolor (Desmarest, 1804). pp. 64-67 in King, C.M. (ed.). The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. Auckland : Oxford University Press.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Swamp Wallaby)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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04-Feb-2023 | MACROPODIDAE | 18-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
29-Nov-2016 | 05-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
29-Oct-2010 | 29-Oct-2010 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |