Новосибирский зоопарк имени Р.А. Шило
Rostislav Shilo
Novosibirsk zoo
Opening Times
08:00 - 23:00
Novosibirsk, Timiryazeva str. 71/1
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Bennett’s wallaby

Class:
Mammals
Ordo:
Marsupials
Familia:
Macropodidae
In the 1960-70s in the Novosibirsk Zoo Parma wallabies were kept. Later there was a little break until 2007 while no species of family Macropodidae were presented in the Zoo. In 2007 group of five Bennett’s wallaby were transferred to the Novosibirsk Zoo from Halle (Germany). The Pavilion “Tropical World” has become their new home. The first cub of our Bennett’s wallaby was born in 2008. Wallaby’s cubs are so small right after birth, that their way from patrimonial introitus to maternal pouch almost never visible to somebody. Weight of new born wallaby is about 1 g. Cubs of Bennett’s wallaby are starting to come out from the pouch at the age of 6-8 months old. For 10 years 32 cubs were born in our Zoo.