page_title: Whiptail wallaby
section_title: Social behavior
hierarchical_section_title: Whiptail wallaby / Lifestyle / Social behavior
caption_attribution_description: English: Pretty-face or Whiptail Wallaby found at Lake Awoonga, near Gladstone, Central Queensland, Australia
context_page_description: The whiptail wallaby, also known as the pretty-faced wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in eastern Australia. It is locally common from Cooktown in Queensland to near Grafton in New South Wales.
context_section_description: The whiptail wallaby is a sociable species, sometimes coming together in mobs of up to 50. They live in a home range of up to 110 hectares. The mob usually gathers in the afternoon during feeding. Some home ranges may overlap with others and the member of the mob take turns resting and guarding. The mobs contain all ages and sexes throughout the year, but seldom if ever were all members of a mob together at one time.  Mobs often split into continually changing subgroups of fewer than 10 animals. Whiptail wallaby mobs have a linear hierarchy that is determined by ritualized “pawing”, which is non-violent.  They may also pull grass. Whiptail wallabies will cough to show submission. These bouts function only to determine access to oestrous females.
caption: A female whiptail wallaby with a joey
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