A common wallaby of northern Australia, with sandy fur and distinctive facial and thigh stripes.
Its pale sandy coat has a dark stripe from the nose to the eye and a lighter thigh stripe. The ear and tail tips are black.
A 2012–2015 survey of 29 lowland woodland plots in northern Kakadu National Park recorded vertebrates, including mammals. Agile wallabies were found at 14 plots, a naïve occupancy of 0.48. Counting detections alone can miss animals that were present but unseen during a survey.
After accounting for detectability, the report estimated occupancy at 0.51 (SE 0.18). The camera detection probability was 0.49 (SE 0.06), derived from a broader pool of Top End sites using the same protocol. The report classifies the wallaby as a ground-dwelling herbivore associated with open grassy areas and established woodland. A distribution estimate therefore reflects both where an animal lives and how a survey looks for it.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The report expects ground-dwelling herbivores such as agile wallabies to recolonize Ranger Mine rehabilitation areas relatively quickly. Species needing mature, diverse vegetation may take decades, so it recommends assessing recovery with several measures: diversity, community composition and species occupancy. This is local guidance for lowland woodland rehabilitation in Kakadu, not a formal conservation category for the species as a whole.