What is Wallaby?
{{Taxobox | name = Wallabies | image = Bennetwallaby.jpg | image_caption = [[Red-necked Wallaby]] | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Diprotodontia]] | subordo = [[Macropodiformes]] | familia = [[Macropodidae]] | familia_authority = in part }} '''Wallabies''' are [[marsupial]]s from the islands of [[Australia]], [[Tasmania]], [[New Zealand]] and New Guinea. They are small- to medium-sized [[kangaroo]]s. There are 30 different species of wallabies that live in many types of habitats, including rocky areas, grasslands, forests and swamps. == About == Wallabies range in size from the size of a [[rabbit]] to almost 6&nbsp;ft (1.8 m) long. The soft, woolly fur can be gray, brown, red or almost black. The belly is lighter. Females (called fliers) have a pouch in which the young live and drink milk. Males (called boomers) are larger than females. Babies are called [[Joey (marsupial)|joeys]]. They have short arms with clawed fingers, strong, legs, and long, four-toed feet with claws. They can hop and jump with their powerful These [[herbivore]]s (plant-eaters) eat [[grass]], [[leaves]], and [[root]]s. They swallow their food without chewing it and later regurgitate a cud and chew it. They need very little water; they can go for months without drinking, and they dig their own water wells. [[Category:Macropods]] [[Category:Marsupials of Australia]]