What is Red-necked wallaby?
{{Taxobox | name = Red-necked wallaby <ref name=msw3>{{MSW3 Groves|pages=65}}</ref> | status = LR/lc | status_system = iucn2.3 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2006|assessors=Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group|year=1996|id=40566|title=Macropus rufogriseus|downloaded=12 May 2006}}</ref> | image = Red-necked wallaby442.jpg | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Diprotodontia]] | familia = [[Macropodidae]] | genus = ''[[Macropus]]'' | binomial = ''Macropus rufogriseus'' | binomial_authority = [[Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest|Desmarest]], 1817}} [[File:Wallaby joey face in pouch.jpg|right|thumb|Joey in pouch]] The '''red-necked wallaby''' (''Macropus rufogriseus'') is a medium-sized [[macropod]], common in parts of eastern [[Australia]]. As one of the largest [[Wallaby|wallabies]], it looks like a [[kangaroo]]. Males can weigh more than 20 [[kilogram|kg]] and have a head-body length of 90 [[centimetre|cm]]. Red-necked wallabies have a black nose and paws, white stripe on the upper lip, and a medium grey coat with a red color on their neck. Red-necked wallabies are found along the coast and forests of eastern Australia, from [[Rockhampton, Queensland]] to the [[South Australia]]n border; in [[Tasmania]] and on many of the [[Bass Strait]] islands (many of these may have been introduced to the islands). In Tasmania, north-east [[New South Wales]] and coastal [[Queensland]], their numbers have got bigger over the past 30 years. This is because they are no longer hunted. A lot of forest has been cleared for grass where wallabies can feed at night, alongside trees where they can shelter by day. It is less common in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]]. Like most macropods, the red-necked wallaby lives by itself. Groups, also called mobs, share feeding areas. They feed at night and in the late afternoon, generally eating grass and herbs close to forest shelter. There are two [[subspecies]]. The Tasmanian form, ''Macropus