Species
As mentioned above, the term wallaby is not well defined and can mean just about any macropod of moderate size. In consequence, the listing below is arbitrary and taken from the complete list of macropods.
- Agile wallaby, Macropus agilis
- Allied rock-wallaby, Petrogale assimilis
- Banded hare-wallaby, Lagostrophus fasciatus
- Black dorcopsis, Dorcopsis atrata
- Black-flanked rock-wallaby, Petrogale lateralis
- Black-striped wallaby, Macropus dorsalis
- Bridled nail-tail wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata
- Brown dorcopsis, Dorcopsis muelleri
- Brown's pademelon, Thylogale browni
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby, Petrogale penicillata
- Calaby's pademelon, Thylogale calabyi
- Cape York rock-wallaby, Petrogale coenensis
- Crescent nail-tail wallaby, Onychogalea lunata (extinct)
- Dusky pademelon, Thylogale brunii
- Eastern hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides (extinct)
- Godman's rock-wallaby, Petrogale godmani
- Gray dorcopsis, Dorcopsis luctuosa
- Herbert's rock-wallaby, Petrogale herberti
- Lake Mackay hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes asomatus (extinct)
- Macleay's dorcopsis, Dorcopsulus macleayi
- Mareeba rock-wallaby, Petrogale mareeba
- Monjon, Petrogale burbidgei
- Mt. Claro rock-wallaby, Petrogale sharmani
- Mountain pademelon, Thylogale lanatus
- Nabarlek, Petrogale concinna
- Northern nail-tail wallaby, Onychogalea unguifera
- Parma wallaby, Macropus parma (rediscovered, thought extinct for 100 years)
- Whiptail wallaby, Macropus parryi
- Proserpine rock-wallaby, Petrogale persephone
- Purple-necked rock-wallaby, Petrogale purpureicollis
- Red-legged pademelon, Thylogale stigmatica
- Red-necked pademelon, Thylogale thetis
- Red-necked wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus
- Rothschild's rock-wallaby, Petrogale rothschildi
- Rufous hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes hirsutus
- Short-eared rock-wallaby, Petrogale brachyotis
- Swamp wallaby or Black Wallaby, Wallabia bicolor
- Tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii
- Tasmanian pademelon, Thylogale billardierii
- Toolache wallaby, Macropus greyii (extinct)
- Unadorned rock-wallaby, Petrogale inornata
- Western brush wallaby, Macropus irma
- White-striped dorcopsis, Dorcopsis hageni
- Yellow-footed rock-wallaby, Petrogale xanthopus
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