#petrogale

[mammalianmammals]

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

photographs by Tess Tickles

[snototter]

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

by Julian Robinson

[all-mammal-creechur]

Godman's Rock Wallaby Petrogale godmani

Found in Queensland, Australia. Their colouration blends well with the lichen-covered boulders in their habitat where they rest in rocky refuges and emerge at night to feed in the surrounding woodland and vine forest. In cooler months they may sit on rocks to bask in the sun.

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[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?

[snototter]

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

by Sue Milks

[snototter]

A juvenile Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) in Flinders Rangers, South Australia

by Julian Robinson