It is locally common from Cooktown in Queensland to near Grafton in New South Wales.

The whiptail wallaby lives in grasslands and woodlands particularly on hills or slopes.

[5] In grasslands, the whiptail wallaby primarily eats kangaroo grass.

It is active in the morning and late in the afternoon but continues into “to an unknown extent during the night”.

Some home ranges may overlap with others and the members of the mob take turns resting and guarding.

[7] Whiptail wallaby mobs have a linear hierarchy that is determined by ritualized “pawing”, which is non-violent.

A male will wander through a gathering of females, sniffing their cloacae and tasting their urine.