Tammar wallaby

Tammar wallabies can move their lower jaws forward and backward to finely chew plants. Handy isn't it?

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Tammar wallaby

  • Habitat

    dense areas in southern Australia

  • Food

    grasses

  • Lifetime

    10 to 14 years

  • Weight

    4 to 9 kg

  • Length

    52 to 68 cm

  • Number of youngsters

    1

  • Wear time

    25 to 28 days

  • IUCN Status

    safe

  • EEP?

    no

1

grams, that's how much a newborn Tammar wallaby weighs

1629

is the year this species was discovered

25

days is a tammar wallaby pregnant

Delayed births

Tammar wallabies, like their conspecifics, can delay the birth of a young until conditions are most favorable. For example, a female with a young in the pouch may already have a new embryo in the uterus that is not born until after she has stopped suckling the young in the pouch.

"Jumping cats."

The Tammar wallaby was the first kangaroo species seen by Western explorers. On Nov. 15, 1629, Dutchman François Pelsaert (captain of the Batavia) saw this species on the Houtman Abrolhos Islands. Pelsaert described the Tammar wallabies as "jumping cats."