Petrogale penicillata
1 Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby at Paddys River, ACT
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| 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.
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.
Location information
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- roymcd Recorded by
Collections
- roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species Petrogale penicillata Kangaroos & Wallabies Mammals
Species information
- Petrogale penicillata Scientific name
- Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 792.3m Recorded at altitude
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