---
title: "Moeraswallaby"
description: "Wallabia bicolor — Zoogdieren. The swamp wallaby is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/swamp-wallaby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Moeraswallaby

> Wallabia bicolor — Zoogdieren. The swamp wallaby is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Wallabia bicolor*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 21449
- Wikidata: [Q735179](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735179)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42973](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42973)

## Names

- en: Swamp Wallaby
- de: Sumpfwallaby
- es: Walabí de Pantano
- fr: Wallaby bicolore
- nl: Moeraswallaby
- pl: Walabia bagienna

## Countries with the most observations

AU (19526), NZ (12)

## Summary

The swamp wallaby is a small macropod marsupial of eastern Australia. This wallaby is also commonly known as the black wallaby, with other names including black-tailed wallaby, fern wallaby, black pademelon, stinker, and black stinker on account of its characteristic swampy odour.

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

## Photo

![Moeraswallaby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/swamp-wallaby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Martin Predavec · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194760123

## Machine access

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