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wallaby - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)

Found mainly in Australia, wallabies are unusual animals that look like small kangaroos. They belong to the group of animals called marsupials, meaning that they carry their young in a pouch. Wallabies often are brown or gray, sometimes with stripes or other markings on their bodies.

wallaby - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)

The wallaby is a medium-sized mammal that looks like a kangaroo. Wallabies are marsupials, which means that they carry their young in a pouch. There are several species of wallabies, and they belong to the kangaroo family, Macropodidae. They are found chiefly in Australia.

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