Species profile—Petrogale penicillata (brush-tailed rock-wallaby)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos) → Petrogale penicillata (brush-tailed rock-wallaby)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Macropodidae (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos)
- Scientific name
- Petrogale penicillata (Gray, 1825)
- Common name
- brush-tailed rock-wallaby
- WildNet taxon ID
- 890
- Alternate name(s)
- bush-tailed rock wallaby
western rock wallaby - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
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Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
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=890.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
