Talk:Wallaby

Joey

Is a young wallaby called a "joey"?

Seeing as how im aliased after a wallaby, i'll answer this! ... All Macropods' (Kangaroos and of the like) young are called Joeys. --Wallaby 10:40, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Diet

It would be useful if someone would add information about what wallabies eat. JamesMLane t c 08:15, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

The link below says that they are herbivores, eating mostly leaves and grass, though some species of wallabies and kangaroos eat fruit, seeds and fungi. RamseyPalace (talk) 11:18, 9 April 2009 (UTC) http://animals.jrank.org/pages/2695/Wallabies-Kangaroos-Macropodidae.html

I’ve actually recently completed a recent self indulged research project on this topic.

The information is readily available and easier quoted from reliable sources. I’d be happy to take this up, not difficult to expand upon this rather inadequate section! Amf08006 (talk) 00:11, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Height & weight

How big are they?

They're about yea big. Give or take. lol Actually, I'm wondering that myself.(PowerGamer6 17:43, 13 April 2006 (UTC))

I'm no expert in this, but from the wallabies that I've seen/met/touched, they're about 40 cm, more or less. So it's considerably smaller than kangaroo. (LittleWhisky 09:42, 27 October 2007 (UTC))

Antibiotic

Someone should add info about the wallaby milk containing a strong antibiotic —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.230.150.5 (talk • contribs) .

Why don't you add it, if you have a good reference that says it is so. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:59, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Species

yea, all these species are great, but which ones are the domesticated ones, and the wild ones and where? I'm doing a project... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.56.117.72 (talk • contribs) .

As far as I know, there are no domesticated wallabies. All are wild. --liquidGhoul 02:15, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Albino Wallaby Picture

This marvelous creauture is an Albino Wallaby who lives in Woburn Safari Park with some Rheas and also some Red Necked Wallaby. Next to them live some Squirrel Monkeys. I have put this picture so people: 1.Can see my work. 2.So people can see this magnifivent creature. 3.To make this page look more beautiful. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Barbary lion (talk • contribs) 07:47, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

And I'v removed it because it is fuzzy. Please do not upload fuzzy images. Please do not place images at the top of articles in this manner. - UtherSRG (talk) 10:55, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Multiple wallabies

What is the term for a group of wallabies? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dbgrabill (talk • contribs).

Apparently, it's a mob according to www.crystalinks.com/kangaroos.html, but I can't access that site from work. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

According to Dictionary.com, any group or flock of animals in Australia is a mob. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:26, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Recent Vandlism

I have seen alot of recent vandlism to Wallaby and I suggest to semi-protect it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Drestros power (talk • contribs) 18:49, 9 May 2007 (UTC).

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And there's been some not so recent vandalism. The entire page was blank a few months ago. Plus, someone took out the size approximations. So I second this call to protect the page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.7.109 (talk) 08:40, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

Do you guys think the protected status explains why this page is so inadequately filled out?

There’s a trade off, yes vandalism is going to occur on unprotected pages, but those pages tend to mature faster as well.

Frankly, the information is sorely lacking in this article. It might be worth reconsidering the status. After all preserving a page add the expense of curating valuable content is a little silly Amf08006 (talk) 00:14, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Conservation Status

Any ideas, guys? (LittleWhisky 09:46, 27 October 2007 (UTC))

Species get conservation status. Higher order groupings do not. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:39, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Removal of trivia section

Can't we move the trivia item (it's not even trivia) to a headying with the rocko's item and put the heading as wallaby's in media or something like that but makes sense.

Pinothyj (talk) 03:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)…

Stoned wallabies and cropped circles

Australian government official reported wallabies entering poppy fields are creating crop circles as they hop around "high as a kite" after eating opium poppies. Peanutmuachi (talk) 13:07, 26 June 2009 (UTC)

Taxobox

There was a {{taxobox}} in this article, however 'wallaby' is a common name that does not refer to a single taxon. cygnis insignis 18:05, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Edit request on 6 March 2013

I would like to add the following link to External links. Thanks!

• View the wallaby genome in Ensembl

Gspudich (talk) 14:53, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Done Mdann52 (talk) 14:59, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 November 2019

Please replace "red necked wallaby" with "red-necked wallaby" in the image caption. 192.180.76.49 (talk) 03:28, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

 Done, thanks, NiciVampireHeart 11:31, 29 November 2019 (UTC)

Dwarf wallabies

In this article, dwarf wallabies are classified as a member of the genus Macropus. I have not been able to confirm that they are a member of this genus. Science Daily does, however, state that they are a member of the Dorcopsulus genus, taxonomised as Dorcopsulus sp. nov. EGKangaroo (talk) 17:21, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Three animals wrongly classified and one animal missing.

• What I think should be changed: Under the Species section on the Wallaby page, the Genus Lagostrophus includes three animals from the Genus Lagorchestes. Genus Lagorchestes should have its own list as it contains four animals, and the Spectacled hare-wallaby is completely missing from the whole list.
• Why it should be changed: On the wikipedia for Macropodidae under the Classification section, Genus Lagostrophus and Genus Lagorchestes are separate and do not include the same animals and Genus Lagostrophus are apart of a different subfamily compared to the Genus Lagorchestes. There are three animals apart of Genus Lagorchestes which are categorized under the wrong genus and one animal from the genus missing from the whole list on the Wallaby Species section.
• References supporting the possible change (format using the "cite" button):

2001:8003:D945:4B01:EC47:E723:1F29:7BE0 (talk) 14:35, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

•  Done Bit hard to parse, but correct. Split off genus Lagorchestes and added Lagorchestes conspicillatus. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 15:15, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

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