Thursday, September 26, 2019

UNADORNED ROCK WALLABY

Photographed at Peter Faust Dam, Proserpine, Queensland, September 2019


112              UNADORNED ROCK WALLABY                  Petrogale inornata

AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS                112                   

Scattered colonies in coastal ranges from s. Of Rockhampton to Home Hill, near Townsville; also Whitsunday Islands. Part of the Eastern Queensland Rock Wallaby complex.  Mostly nocturnal, but some diurnal activity. GrEgarious, form long-lasting pair bonds, and practice allogrooming. Shelter by day in rock piles and caves, also climb sloping trees. Feed on green vegetation.




















INDO-PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN

Photographed at Tin Can Bay, Queensland, January 2021   129                   INDO-PACIFIC HUMPBACK DOLPHIN             Sousa chinensis AUST...