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Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Petrogale penicillata

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Common Name: Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Scientific Name: Petrogale penicillata
Family: Macropodidae
Colour:

Beutifully coloured. Above grey-brown with rufous-brown rump. Undersurface yellow-brown. Face dark with a vivid white cheek-stripe. Its ears are marked with black and white.
Form: A medium-sized macropod with thick padded hindfeet and short claws. It has a long cylindrical tail.
Distribution: From the upper Richmond and Clarence Rivers in New South Wales to Victoria.
Habitat: Suitable rocky areas in open forest of inland and coastal areas.
Nests: Shelters during the day under rock overhangs and in caves.
Food: Feeds on grasses, herbs and shrub foliage.
Predators: Foxes
Human Influence: Many colonies of the Brush-tailed Wallaby are now in secure sanctuaries. There is competition with introduced herbivores such as feral goats.
Abundance: The Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby may be common in quite restricted areas.
Features: The Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby is crespuscular, coming out to feed at both dusk and dawn, and nocturnal, feeding at night. It is mostly a solitary animal but may occur in small bands. It is terrirorial. This muscular wallaby can leap up to four metres among rocks and can climb very steep slopes.
Measurements:
Male Measurements   Female Measurements  
Male head-body length: 54 cm Female head-body length: 54 cm
Male tail length: 61 cm Female tail length: 61 cm
Male weight: 7.5 kg Female weight: 7.5 kg
Breeding:
Oestrus Cycle: polyoestrous Size of Litter:  
Season: all seasons Suckling Period:  
Gestation: 32 days Sexual maturity: 18 months
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