#petrogale

[mammalianmammals]

Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies (Petrogale xanthopus), family Macropodidae, South Australia

photographs by Wild Portraits Australia

[snototter]

A yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) grooms itself at Brachina Gorge, Australia

by Julian Robinson

[all-mammal-creechur]

Cape York Rock Wallaby Petrogale coenensis

A species of rock-wallaby restricted to Cape York Peninsula in northeastern Queensland, Australia, from the Musgrave to the Pascoe River. It is a member of a group of seven very closely related rock-wallabies, all found in northeastern Queensland.

image by jango1971

[wonder-rooms]

Rock-Wallaby, Petrogale penicillata (1801) - Ferdinand Bauer

[animalids]

Short-eared rock-wallaby (Petrogale brachyotis) 

Photo by Bäras

[stitpics]

Monarto Safari Park, 2015. I think this is probably a yellow footed rock wallaby. There are about 20 spp. of rock wallabies, all of the genus Petrogale (which probably means “Rock Wallaby” in Latin). This one is is in a zoo-based breeding colony, but I’ve been lucky enough see them in the wild on several occasions in several locations. Their habitat is very specific which both protects them (no-one wants to build suburbia on piles of rock in the desert) but also endangers them. Their agility is amazing. Aren’t her/his colours striking?

[mammalianmammals]

Yellow-footed Rock Wallabies (Petrogale xanthopus), family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia, Australia

photographs by Tess Tickles

[snototter]

A black flanked rock wallaby (Petrogale lateralis) at Olive Pink Botanic Gardens, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

by Sue Milks