Species profile—Petrogale wilkinsi (eastern short-eared rock-wallaby)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos) → Petrogale wilkinsi (eastern short-eared rock-wallaby)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos)
- Scientific name
- Petrogale wilkinsi Thomas, 1926
- Common name
- eastern short-eared rock-wallaby
- Type reference
- Thomas, O. (1926). Two new rock-wallabies (Petrogale) discovered by Capt. G.W. Wilkins in Northern Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 17, 184-186.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 36770
- Synonym(s)
- Petrogale brachyotis
- Alternate name(s)
- Wilkins' rock-wallaby
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=36770.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
