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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)

Photo of Petrogale penicillata (brush-tailed rock-wallaby) - Queensland Government
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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
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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.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024