Petrogale penicillata

1 Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby at Paddys River, ACT

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Identification history

Petrogale penicillata	10 Apr 2019	DonFletcher
Wallabia bicolor	6 Jul 2017	DonFletcher
Petrogale penicillata	6 Jul 2017	roymcd

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6 comments

DonFletcher wrote:

6 Jul 2017

Roy I'm wondering about the exact location. It has shown in the Forest Enclosure, outside their main fox free areas and not one of the Rock Wallaby Enclosures???? Poor GPS configuration is a possible explanation in that vicinity. Is the location correct?

roymcd wrote:

6 Jul 2017

Hi Don, I was driving down Mountain Creek road towards the main Tidbinbilla ring road and saw it on the inside of the fence sunning itself (photos taken from Mountain Creek road rather than from inside the enclosure). I think I've got the rough location correct, the only other option is that it might have been slightly higher up, maybe 50-100 metres closer towards the Mountain Creek carpark.
Hope this helps, kind regards, Roy.

DonFletcher wrote:

7 Jul 2017

Thanks Roy. I will send them a note in case it is not where it is meant to be.

DonFletcher wrote:

7 Jul 2017

I didnt send the note. On closer inspection this is a swamp wallaby. Sorry!

jadef0 wrote:

20 Jan 2019

This is a brush-tail rock wallaby, Petrogale penicillata, not a swamp wallaby.

DonFletcher wrote:

11 Apr 2019

Quite right Jade. It is a BTRW. I have no idea how I came to see it as a Swamp Wallaby.