Wallabia Trouessart 1905 (swamp wallaby)

Mammalia - Diprotodontia - Macropodidae

Parent taxon: Macropodinae according to A. Burk et al. 1998

See also Flannery 1989 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Baringa, Bohra, Congruus, Dendrolagini, Dendrolagus, Dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus, Halmaturus odin, Kurrabi, Lagorchestes, Macropus, Macropus affinis, Macropus piltonensis, Onychogalea, Osphranter gouldi, Peradorcas, Prionotemnus, Protemnodon, Setonix, Silvaroo, Thylogale, Watutia

Subtaxa: Wallabia bicolor Wallabia kitcheneri

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Ecology: saltatorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (9 collections)

• Pliocene of Australia (2)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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