Friday, April 13, 2018

BLACK-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY

Photographed at Simpson's Gap, Northern Territory, April 2018
103                 BLACK-FOOTED ROCK WALLABY                    Petrogale lateralis

AUSTRALIA                103

Also known as Black-flanked Rock Wallaby. Vulnerable; declining due to fox deprivation. Timid, doesn't venture far from rocks; shelters in crevices and caves. Nocturnal but basks in sun; feeds on grasses and forms. Widely scattered ranges of central and Western Australia.