This wallaby is marked by a black stripe from its forehead down its back. It rests in dense vegetation by day and feeds on grasses and herbs at night.
Its coat is grey-brown, with a prominent black stripe from the forehead down the back and paler fur underneath.
In Southeast Queensland, researchers modelled current and future habitat for seven macropods, including the Black-striped Wallaby. They combined occurrence records from 2000 to 2023 with climate and landscape variables, then used a Random Forest model to estimate suitable areas. The model used 134 validated Black-striped Wallaby records.
The model estimated 16.8 square kilometres of current suitable habitat for the Black-striped Wallaby, with 5.0 square kilometres inside protected areas. For 2070, projected suitable area fell to 1.9 square kilometres in the moderate scenario and 0.7 square kilometres in the high-emissions scenario.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
The Southeast Queensland model estimated 16.8 km2 of current suitable habitat and 0.7–1.9 km2 under 2070 scenarios.