Teachers Aid

WALLABIES

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS … TEACHERS AID

Suggested use after studying the Species Fact Sheet

QUESTIONS:

  1. How many species of rock-wallabies are there in Australia?
  2. In which countries are wallabies found?
  3. What is a mammal and what does it feed its young?
  4. What does the word ‘macropod’ mean?
  5. What animals belong to the macropod family?
  6. Are macropods mammals?
  7. What is a marsupial?
  8. How does a marsupial protect its young?
  9. Are macropods marsupials?
  10. Can you name any other animals that are marsupials?
  11. Do all marsupials have pouches facing forwards?
  12. Can you name a marsupial with a backward facing pouch?
  13. How big is a baby wallaby when it is born?
  14. Does it have fur when it is born?
  15. Can you name some of the types of wallaby that are threatened with extinction in Australia?
  16. What sort of country do rock-wallabies live in and why?
  17. What do rock-wallabies eat?
  18. How long is it before their young can leave the pouch?
  19. What are predators?
  20. What are the main predators of the rock-wallabies?
  21. What other things threaten their existence?
  22. How many babies can a mother rock-wallaby have at one time?
  23. What is the nickname of the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby in Victoria?
  24. Can you adopt a wallaby?
  25. Can you help choose names for new baby joeys?

ANSWERS:

  1. 16
  2. Australia and New Guinea
  3. Warm blooded animals that give birth to live young. The females suckle their young special milk through mammary gland or teats. (Includes humans, dogs, cats, rabbits, whales. cows etc.)
  4. Long foot
  5. Kangaroos, tree-kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos and pademelons.
  6. Yes.
  7. A mammal with a pouch in which to complete the growth of its young, who are born incomplete.
  8. By suckling it within the protection of a soft, warm pouch.
  9. Yes.
  10. Koalas, wombats, bandicoots
  11. No.
  12. Wombats
  13. About the size of a jelly bean
  14. No. The baby joey grows enough fur to keep it warm by 5 months
  15. Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies, Yellow footed Rock-wallabies, Black-footed Rock-wallabies, Herberts Rock-wallabies and Proserpine Rock-wallabies.
  16. Steep rocky outcrops and boulders with cracks, caves and crevices to give them protection from predators and harsh weather
  17. Certain grasses, herbs and shrubs
  18. Around 6 months.
  19. Animals that kill and eat other animals.
  20. Foxes, dogs, cats, wedge-tailed eagles.
  21. Competition for food by animals such as feral goats, rabbits, pigs and horses, cattle and sheep. Drought and bushfires. Loss of habitat and invasion of introduced species of plants.
  22. Three. One in her tummy, one suckling in her pouch and one suckling from outside the pouch, each on different types of milk!
  23. The Shadow
  24. Yes! You and your friends can adopt your very own wallaby by visiting the Waterfall Springs website.
  25. Yes yo can! Email your favourite names to us at info@waterfallsprings.org

 

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