TLC TV - Wallaby

Posted by admin on April 12, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmB9qmBZlXg

This macropod is a Bennetts wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus).  TLC TV captured video of this one ambulating along a vehicle track at Skullbone Plains.

Male Bennetts wallabies can weigh more than 20 kg and stand up to 1.5 m tall. Their black nose and paws, and white stripe on the upper lip are all distinguishing features from their smaller wallaby cousins – the pademelon.

Bennetts wallabies are abundant in Tasmania and TLC’s most recent reserve: Skullbone Plains in the central highlands is no exception.  Unlike their mainland counterparts, Bennetts wallabies have defined breeding seasons and the females give birth in late summer to early autumn.

If you visit Skullbone Plains you will surely see them.

Image: Andy Townsend