Police ticketed a man who was walking the Coney Island boardwalk with a wallaby, which they confiscated

Wallabies are prohibited in New York City, as are marsupial relatives like the Tasmanian devil, kangaroo, opossum, wombat, koala bear, and pigmy.

• NYPD confiscated a wallaby after finding it with a man on Coney Island.
• Police issued a court summons for the 22-year-old man with the marsupial.
• Possession of wild animals is illegal in New York City, per the health code. 

Police on Coney Island had to see a man about a wallaby.

Officers ticketed a 22-year-old man walking along the famous Brooklyn boardwalk with a wallaby in his arms.

New York City police officers approached the man around 5 p.m. after 911 call, a spokesperson from the New York City Police Department said in a statement. 

"Upon a brief canvass officers located the marsupial, a wallaby, in the possession of a 22-year-old male. The wallaby was removed and placed into the care of the Animal Care Centers of New York City and the male was issued a Criminal Court summonses for Possession of a Wild Animal," a statement from an NYPD spokesman said. 

Police did not release the individual's identity. 

Wallabies are marsupial relatives to kangaroos and found in Australia, according to National Geographic. 

The New York Health Code prohibits the possession of wild animals in the city – including wallabies – unless they are at a vet, zoo, laboratory, or another sort of animal exhibit.

The code prohibits all "marsupials, including, but not limited to, Tasmanian devil, dasyure, bandicoot, kangaroo, wallaby, opossum, wombat, koala bear, cuscus, numbat and pigmy, sugar and greater glider."