Agile Wallaby
Macropus agilis

Mother and  Joey playing

Female Agile Wallabies breed around the age of 18 months. Breeding can occur throughout the year. Gestation is 30 days. Pouch life is seven to eight months and they are weaned at 10 to 12 months. Females usually mate shortly after giving birth and the resultant blastocyst remains dormant until the pouch is vacated by the previous joey. 

The Agile wallaby is gregarious, forming groups numbering up to ten, however much larger groups can often be found on feeding areas.

They are the most common member of the kangaroo family found in the Wet Tropics of Australia. They are also found in the southern and eastern lowlands of Papua New Guinea. Feeding mainly on native grasses they will, in the dry time of the year when food is scarce, often dig into the soil to obtain and eat the roots of these grasses.

Unfortunately the seemingly abundance of the Agile Wallaby and its perceived effect on crops and pastures has led to this beautiful animal being declared a pest species in most farming areas.

Size

Photo of young male

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Photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust