Category Archives: wallaby

Together with their larger cousin, the kangaroo, wallabies belong to the genus Macropods (which means big feet – makros being Greek for large and pod meaning foot – hopefully they don’t mind having it pointed out!).  The macropod family include kangaroos, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, pademelons, quokkas and wallabies. The name wallaby comes from the Eora AboriginalContinue reading “Wannabee Wallabies”