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	Coccidia of the World
		Mykytowycz, R. Coccidia in wild populations of the red kangaroo, Megaleia rufa (Desmarest), and the grey kangaroo, Maropus canguru (Muller).
		Gilruth, J.A., and Bull, L.B. Enteritis, associated with infection of the intestinal wall by cyst-forming protozoa (Neosporidia), occurring in certain native animals (wallaby, kangaroo and wombat).
		(Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) parasitic in wallabies and kangaroos of the genera Setonix, Thylogale, Wallabia, Lagorchestes and Dendrolagus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae).
	biology.unm.edu /biology/coccidia/marsup.html (1364 words)

	Red-necked Wallaby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) is a medium-sized macropod, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia.
		Red-necked Wallabies are found in coastal scrub and sclerophyll forest throughout coastal and highland eastern Australia, from Rockhampton, Queensland to the South Australian border; in Tasmania and on many of the Bass Strait islands (although it is unclear which of the islands have native populations as opposed to introduced ones).
		Red-necked Wallabies are distinguished by their black nose and paws, white stripe on the upper lip, and grizzled medium grey coat with a reddish wash across the shoulders.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Red-necked_Wallaby (431 words)

	* Wallaby - (Animals): Definition
		This wallaby is not really a predator because it feeds on grass.
		The musk kangaroo, Hypsiprymnodon moschatus, is a ratlike wallaby living in the rain forest of northern coastal Queensland.
		It is a small wallaby, a type of kangaroo.
	www.mimihu.com /animals/wallaby.html (402 words)

	Wallaby
		There are 11 species of brush wallabies in Australia, the most common being the red-necked wallaby, which inhabits the brush lands of southeastern Australia and Tasmania.
		Wallabies are virtually the same as kangaroos, but smaller -they're between 45 and 105 centimetres long.
		Then, there are three species of nail-tailed wallabies that are named for a horny growth on the tip of their tail.
	www.exn.ca /html/templates/printstory.cfm?ID=2000082554 (172 words)

	Victoria School - Animal Conservation
		With its large number of teeth, multichambered digestive juices, and powerful digestive juices, the red-necked wallaby is able to survive on the fibrous plants and grasses of its homeland.
		The red-necked wallaby is born blind and poorly developed, weighing just a fraction of an ounce.
		The red-neck wallaby is a close relative of the kangaroo and is very similar to it in appearance.
	itclub.vs.moe.edu.sg /thinkquestjr/animals/australia/wallaby.htm (181 words)

	Noah's Ark - Macropods Info
		The Red-necked Wallaby was introduced to New Zealand in the nineteenth century and has since become a pest.
		The Red Kangaroo is the dominant macropod of the drier regions of the continent.
		In the eastern part of its range males are usually red and females a bluish grey; elsewhere, both sexes may be reddish.
	www.noahsark.org.au /?act=wildlife&file=macropodsinfo (1241 words)

	Red-necked Wallaby at the Wildlife Park
		Bennett's Wallabies are grayish brown with red-brown neck and shoulders, and have a pronounced reddish tone to the fur on their shoulders and rump.
		This wallaby is the commonest large wallaby in south eastern Australia and Tasmania.
		The Bennett's Wallaby is one of the largest of the 17 species of wallabies.
	www.cstwp.co.uk /wallaby.html (137 words)

	Wallaby
		Its fur is brown with a reddish neck and shoulders.
		Wallabies are generally the smaller species, with none weighing over 25 kilograms.
		Wallabies live in scrubby areas and eucalypt forests and eat grass and other plants.
	www.tasmanianadventures.com /wildlife/wallaby.html (198 words)

	Seneca Park Zoo
		Characteristics: One of the largest of the wallaby species.
		Wallabies may thump their tails as a warning at any sign of danger.
		The difference between kangaroos and wallabies lies in their size; wallabies are smaller.
	www.senecazoo.org /content.php?cat=403 (232 words)

	Mammals » Marsupials » Pademelon - Red Necked Main Page
		A member of the Wallaby family, the Red Necked Pademelon is an interesting little marsupial that traverses the forest, searching for food.
		The Red Necked Pademelon is a little marsupial that resembles a small Kangaroo, or Wallaby.
		One of the many interesting marsupials to be found in Australia, the Red Necked Pademelon is one of the more calm and docile species in existence.
	www.petsencyclopedia.com /critterpages/mammals/marsupials/MRS4423.shtml (517 words)

	wallaby 2
		Red-necked wallabies are found in the south and east of Australia and Tasmania.
		Red-necked wallabies are considered to be pests by farmers because of the damage they do to crops.
		Wallabies are mainly nocturnal, coming out to graze in the late afternoon until early the next morning.
	www.sch.im /wlp/pages/wallaby%202.htm (312 words)

	KANGAROO - Online Information article about KANGAROO
		Lastly, we have the banded wallaby, Lagostrophus fasciatus, of Western Australia, a small species characterized by its naked muzzle, the presence of long bristles on the hind-feet which conceal the claws, and also of dark transverse bands on the lower part of the back.
		wallaby (M. ruficollis) constitute a group of smaller-sized species; while the smaller wallabies, such as the See also:
		neck usually directed backwards, the claw of the fourth hind-toe very large, and the tail stout and tapering, includes a large number of species.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /JUN_KHA/KANGAROO.html (2848 words)

	AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE, BANDICOOT, BILBY, DINGO, ECHIDNA, FRILLED LIZARD, GOANNA, GREY KANGAROO, KOALA, NUMBAT, PLATYPUS, POSSUM, QUOKKA, QUOLL, RED KANGAROO, SNAKES, TASMANIAN DEVIL, TREE KANGAROO, WALLABY, WOMBAT
		Red Kangaroos are the largest type of kangaroo, and live in the dry outback regions of Australia.
		Although the males have the vivid red colour associated with the Red Kangaroo, the females have a lighter grey-red colouring.
		There are a number of species of wallaby found in various areas around Australia.
	www.australianexplorer.com /australian_animals.htm (1131 words)

	CentralPets.com - Wallaby - Bennett's Page (Printer Friendly Version)
		The Bennett's Wallaby is unique, because it is capable of halting the growth of an embryo; if an egg is fertilized before a baby, or "joey," is out of its mother's pouch, the female Wallaby can slow the growth of the embryo.
		The Bennett's Wallaby, the most common Wallaby in the United States, is a medium-sized animal that goes by a variety of different names.
		If a Bennett's Wallaby is to be kept as a pet, a large fenced enclosure is essential to ensure the animal's safety.
	centralpets.com /php/PrintFriendly.php?AnimalNumber=4411 (652 words)

	red-necked wallaby
		Bounding along on its big, powerful back legs, the red-necked wallaby is a common sight in parts of Australia and Tasmania.
		A baby wallaby (called a joey) is bald, blind and only about the size of your thumb when it is born.
		It crawls into its mother's pouch and attaches itself to her teat, feeding on milk and living in the safety of the pouch until it is big enough to look after itself.
	www.sch.im /wlp/pages/red-necked%20wallaby.htm (103 words)

	CAPITAL Photo - Wildlife - Red-necked Wallaby
		Bennett's Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) - Red-necked wallabies are named for the reddish fur on their napes and shoulders.
		The muzzle is dark brown, and the ears of red-necked wallabies are longer in proportion to other macropods.
		The rest of the body is fawny gray with a white chest and belly.
	www.capitalphoto.co.uk /Wildlife/rnWallaby.asp?img=0 (168 words)

	Red-Necked Wallabies
		Note that the Red-necked wallaby Macropus rufogriseus banksianus which is found in New South Wales and Victoria, is closely related to the Bennett's Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus fruticus (previously Macropus ruficollis bennetti) which is a native of the island of Tasmania.
		There are two species of kangaroos, the grey and the red, and about 30 species of wallabies.
		Terry Hooper of the Exotic Animal Register suggested initially that this must be a misprint as Wallabies are reported to have been living wild in the Peak District in Derbyshire since the 1940s and there is estimated to be around 200 on the loose in England.
	www.bigcats.org /esa/wallabies.html (541 words)

	Tour of Tasmania: Wallabies
		The most common type of wallaby in Tasmania is the red-necked wallaby or Bennett's Wallaby (pictured above), which is also found in other south-eastern states.
		Wallabies are well suited to the bushy highlands of Tasmania, and are very common in some areas.
		Wild wallabies in populated bush areas such as Coles Bay are quite friendly toward humans and can often be hand-fed.
	www.tased.edu.au /tot/fauna/wallaby.html (131 words)

	DPIWE - Bennetts Wallaby
		This is due to a reduction in hunting pressure and the clearing of forest to result in a mosaic of pastures where wallabies can feed at night, alongside bushland where they can shelter by day.
		Wallabies damage crops and pastures in many parts of Tasmania and as a result can come into conflict with landowners.
		Bennetts wallabies are found throughout the state, including the Bass Strait islands.
	www.dpiwe.tas.gov.au /inter.nsf/WebPages/BHAN-5384SB?open (343 words)

	Kangaroos & wallabies
		Kangaroos and wallabies once roamed Australia practically undisturbed by predators, although no doubt the Tasmanian tiger and other carnivorous marsupials were a threat to their safety.
		Second brush-tailed rock wallaby joey confirmed at colony north of Goulburn
		Kangaroos and wallabies are marsupials that belong to a small group of animals called macropods.
	www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /npws.nsf/Content/Kangaroos+and+wallabies (817 words)

	NSW Wildlife Information & Rescue Service inc. (WIRES). Animal photos.
		This is Flossy, the Red Necked Wallaby, (left) when she was just emerging from her artificial pouch.
		Her fur has changed colour to that of an adult Red Necked Wallaby, with the typical rufous markings on the back and neck.
		Swamp Wallabies are quite common in the areas of remaining natural bushland on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range.
	www.homestead.com /wirestumut/photo1.html (198 words)

	Home-ranges of sympatric red-necked wallabies, red-bellied pademelons and common brushtail possums in a temperate eucalypt forestry environment
		Home-ranges of sympatric red-necked wallabies, red-bellied pademelons and common brushtail possums in a temperate eucalypt forestry environment
	members.forestry.crc.org.au /refs/ref10062.htm (46 words)

	Fourth Crossing Wildlife - Red-Necked Wallaby
		The Red-Necked Wallaby is common in Eastern NSW, South Eastern Queensland, Southern Victoria and Tasmania.
		The Red-Necked Wallaby is a protected species in all states.
		On the mainland: grey to reddish coloured fur with white or pale grey on underparts, pronounced red or red-brown colours to neck area.
	www.members.optusnet.com.au /~fourth_crossing/red_necked_wallaby.htm (166 words)

	Red Necked Wallaby
		The red necked wallaby is protected through conservation efforts and you can help by purchasing pictures and items that support them.
		Their fur thick and soft, gray in color except where it is rust — on the shoulders, neck and under the tail.
		These species is one of the smallest, ranging from 11 to 20 inches long and 10-14 inches high.
	www.gotexoticsonline.com /wallaby/pet-wallaby/red-necked-wallaby.shtml (184 words)

	Kaenguru
		The brown-necked wallaby plays the same role in Australia as the roe deer does in Europe.
		The wallaby’s long, strong tail serves as a prop when the wallaby jumps.
		The wallaby flourishes here in Denmark because its natural climate is similar to ours.
	www.odensezoo.dk /frame/print/dyr_engelsk/australien/pattedyr/Kaenguru (101 words)

	The Great Australian Marsupial Night Stalk
		Identified by its size, which is relatively large for a wallaby, and its distinct reddish-brown neck.
		Despite its ability to survive in arid conditions, the Red Kangaroo must drink occasionally and is partly nomadic, moving in response to rainfall in search of green vegetation to eat.
		The largest of all the living marsupials, the Red Kangaroo is highly adapted to the arid zone of Australia, where it can survive for long periods without water.
	www.perthzoo.wa.gov.au /nightstalk/ns04_nswact_gallery.html (1160 words)

	Red-necked Wallaby
		Red-necked Wallabies (Macropus rufogriseus): are common from Rockhampton in Queensland to southeastern South Australia and Tasmania.
		Red-necked Wallabies occupy woodland and sclerophyll forests from the coast to the ranges.
		Red-necked Wallabies are common in New England National Park east of Armidale.
	home.bluepin.net.au /yallaroo/Red-neck.htm (123 words)

	Necked Red Wallaby
		Necked red wallaby is protected from hunting and there are many picture sites of this marsupial.
		This species is also called Bennett’s; they are grayish-brown with red-brown neck and shoulders.
		Their life expectancy is 12-15 years; the gestation period is 30 days and up to 9 months the mother carries her children in the pouch and weans them at the age of 15-17 months.
	www.gotexoticsonline.com /wallaby/necked-red-wallaby/necked-red-wallaby.shtml (169 words)

	Mammals Trust UK
		Red-necked wallabies are the only species of marsupial known to be at large in the British countryside.
		Wallabies are usually solitary creatures that become especially active at dusk and during the night.
		Wallabies generally lie still to avoid detection, but if they are startled, they panic and have been known to jump off cliffs or in front of cars in an attempt to get away!
	www.mtuk.org /index.php?page=mammal_marsupials (296 words)

	Untitled Document
		All wallabies were declared "noxious animals" in 1956 and systematic extermination began as they were thought to be responsible for much damage to New Zealand pine plantations as well as depleting hundreds of native plant species.
		Juvenile wallabies were hunted for their soft pelts.
		Within 40 years these animals had an adverse impact on many smaller marsupials but some scientists believe the Parma may have been in decline before this introduction.
	www.krazyworld.com /animals-parma-wallaby.htm (197 words)

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