They have sharp hearing and a keen sense of smell. They will thump their tails at any sign of danger. For travel, the wallaby jumps forward rather than jumping up, which is a less tiring movement. Their front paws have five clawed fingers compared to their hind feet, which have two major toes. They live in scattered groups without any particular leader.
Wallabies prefer to eat in late afternoon and continue until morning.
They nibble on items such as fibrous plant materials, grasses, leaves and herbs. The wallaby is a marsupial mammal, which means the female will give birth to an undeveloped fetus called a joey. The joey must then climb into its mother's pouch where it will attach itself to a nipple. The joey's development will continue within the warm and soft pouch. During its first six months, the joey will grow 2,000 times its original birth weight.