From head to body, male agile wallabies can grow up to 33 inches and weigh 60 pounds, while females can grow up to 28 inches and weigh 33 pounds.

The agile wallaby’s tail is long and flexible and roughly the same length as the wallaby itself!

As their nickname suggests, their coloration is sandy with paler underparts and black tipped ears and tail. A good way to distinguish agile wallabies from other species is the dark stripe between their ears as well as the white stripe on each cheek and each thigh.

Agile wallabies, or sandy wallabies, are the most common wallaby in northern Australia. They live in smaller groups of 1-10 known as mobs in the dry woodlands, coastal areas, dunes, and grasslands, of northern Australia and New Guinea. Their location changes with the seasons in relation to food availability.

Agile wallabies feed mostly at night but may forage during the day in the wet season. Throughout the wet season, their diet is mainly grass and legumes; the dry season adjusts their diet to fruit, twigs, roots, flowers, and more. Agile wallabies still need water not provided by their food and have been seen digging holes in dry creeks and billabongs to avoid rivers where crocodiles live.

Agile wallabies can mate year-round but breeding tends to peak between May and August. Males will show their interest by play fighting with the females, jumping high in the air and thrashing their tail around. As with some mammals, females can keep the zygote dormant until ready for implantation. After one month, a single pink, hairless joey is born that makes its way to the mother’s pouch. An agile wallaby joey remains in the pouch for 7-8 months and is weaned after 11 months.

Overall, this species is solitary but has been seen feeding in groups especially in open pastures; this is probably to keep an eye out for predators.