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[wol-uh-bee] / ˈwɒl ə bi /


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The experiment, conducted in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in Sydney, used the swamp wallaby as model herbivore.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2024

Researchers in Australia reintroduced “ecosystem engineers” including species of rat and wallaby, to areas from which they had disappeared.

From Scientific American Sep. 9, 2023

It is legal to own a wallaby in Oklahoma, but the animal should be registered with the city, Daniels said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2023

Edwardsville law enforcement and animal control from nearby Bonner Springs responded to calls about the unusual highway sight of a joey, which some mistook for a wallaby.

From Washington Times Jun. 30, 2023

Why, if I’d had as much courage as a wallaby I should have kicked that thing out of the water; and all I did was to lay hold of a bough and holler murder!”

From Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea by Gordon Browne

The listing price for Inchconnachan, which has a colony of wild wallabies, is $4 million, or $13.5 million with a completed home.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

Helen Pearson, head of animal studies at Suffolk Rural, which has its own wallabies, said they could survive "quite well" in the UK.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2025

"Plant browsing damage caused by mammalian herbivore populations like deer, elephants and wallabies is a growing global concern," said senior study author Professor Clare McArthur.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2024

Two passersby rescued the woman from the dingoes after they chased her into the surf, using the same hunting technique they use for larger prey such as wallabies, Behrendorff said.

From Seattle Times Jul. 17, 2023

Boa constrictors, Komodo dragons, croc­odiles, piranhas, ostriches, wolves, lynx, wallabies, manatees, porcupines, orangutans, wild boar—that’s the sort of rainfall you could expect on your umbrella.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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