wallaby
common name of small- or mid-sized macropods found in Australia and New Guinea
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Summary
wallaby is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. wallaby draws 10,238 Wikipedia views per month (organisms known by a particular common name category, ranking #76 of 423).[2]
Key Facts
- Endemic to: Australia[3]
- Subclass of: Macropodidae[4]
- Commons category: Wallabies[5]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9]
- Taxon known by this common name: Macropodidae[10], Lagorchestes[11], Rock-wallaby[12], Dorcopsulus[13], Onychogalea[14], Thylogale[15], Dorcopsis[16], Setonix[17], Wallabia[18], Notamacropus[19]
Why It Matters
wallaby has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] wallaby is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]