---
title: "Agile Wallaby"
description: "Notamacropus agilis — Mamíferos. The agile wallaby, also known as the sandy wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/agile-wallaby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Agile Wallaby

> Notamacropus agilis — Mamíferos. The agile wallaby, also known as the sandy wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Notamacropus agilis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 5283
- Wikidata: [Q109262313](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109262313)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1453432](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1453432)

## Names

- en: Agile Wallaby
- de: Flinkwallaby
- es: Ualabí Ágil
- fr: Wallaby agile
- it: Wallaby agile
- nl: Zandwallaby
- pl: Kangur smukły

## Countries with the most observations

AU (5026), PG (7)

## Summary

The agile wallaby, also known as the sandy wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is the most common wallaby in north Australia. The agile wallaby is a sandy colour, becoming paler below. It is sometimes solitary and at other times sociable and grazes on grasses and other plants. The agile wallaby is not considered threatened

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

## Photo

![Agile Wallaby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/agile-wallaby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/361887915

## Machine access

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