Species profile—Petrogale penicillata (brush-tailed rock-wallaby)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals) → Macropodidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&family=macropodidae ) (wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos) → Petrogale penicillata (brush-tailed rock-wallaby)
( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/3160?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=890#imgGallery )
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=890&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=890&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=890 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals)
- Family
- Macropodidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&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
- View Map ( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/17606?f=.png )
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) ( https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/spratlookupspecies.pl?earchtype=Sciname&name=Petrogale%20penicillata )
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Petrogale%20penicillata#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=PETROGALE%2BPENICILLATA )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=890 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=890 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
