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title: "Rotnackenwallaby"
description: "Notamacropus rufogriseus — Säugetiere. The red-necked wallaby or Bennett's wallaby is a medium-sized macropod marsupial (wallaby), common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/red-necked-wallaby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rotnackenwallaby

> Notamacropus rufogriseus — Säugetiere. The red-necked wallaby or Bennett's wallaby is a medium-sized macropod marsupial (wallaby), common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania.

- Scientific name: *Notamacropus rufogriseus*
- Category: `mammals` (Säugetiere)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 14621
- iNaturalist taxon: [1453431](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1453431)

## Names

- en: Red-necked Wallaby
- de: Rotnackenwallaby
- es: Ualabí de cuello rojo
- fr: Wallaby de Bennett

## Countries with the most observations

AU (12768), NZ (85), IM (36), GB (18), FR (14), IE (6), NL (5)

## Summary

The red-necked wallaby or Bennett's wallaby is a medium-sized macropod marsupial (wallaby), common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Red-necked wallabies have been introduced to several other countries, including New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man, France and Germany.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-necked_wallaby

## Photo

![Rotnackenwallaby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-necked-wallaby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Anne Taylor · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286290294

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-necked-wallaby?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).