A wallaby with a very long slender tail and a distinctive white facial stripe, native to woodlands of north-eastern Australia.
Macropus parryi, family Macropodidae
Also called pretty-face wallaby
Example sentencesExamples
- On your walks, keep your eyes open for whiptail wallabies and wonga pigeons.
- During hot weather, whiptail wallabies feed in the early morning and late afternoon, resting in the shade during the hot midday.
- The whiptail wallaby is the most social of all marsupials.
- Other species like the grey kangaroo, the wallaroo, the parma wallaby, the whiptail wallaby, the brush-tailed wallaby and the red-necked pademelon live in other parts of Australia.
- The only negative effect of the whiptail wallaby on humans is that in developed areas the wallaby may be intrusive.