Rock Wallaby

This is the only rock wallaby in Victoria, Australia. There are only 30 left in the wild. Extremely well adapted for their habitat. They mainly fed on grasses and bushes.

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WildFlower

Lion

It should be the brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) then. Posted 11 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's an extremely rare species so it seems. Is this one taken in a zoo? Is there a breeding program? Posted 11 years ago
1. Graeme Ruck
  
  Lion
  
  yes on both accounts. The Melb Zoo has got breeding programs and Fisheries and Wildlife etc are both protecting the areas where they come from. One of the biggest problems is feral cats and foxes. Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Thanks for the info! Posted 11 years ago

The Brush-tailed rock-wallaby

The brush-tailed rock-wallaby or small-eared rock-wallaby is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus ''Petrogale''. It inhabits rock piles and cliff lines along the Great Dividing Range from about 100 km north-west of Brisbane to northern Victoria, in vegetation ranging from rainforest to dry sclerophyl forests. Populations have declined seriously in the south and west of its range, but it remains locally common in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.

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Similar species: Kangaroos, Wallabies, Possums

Species identified by WildFlower