Petrogale

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Petrogale - rock wallabies

genus Petrogale

mammal genus - a genus of mammals

family Macropodidae, Macropodidae - kangaroos; wallabies

rock kangaroo, rock wallaby - slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas

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Gregory Andrews, the national commissioner of threatened species, said: "We have got to make choices to save animals that we love, and who define us as a nation like the bilby, the warru (Black-footed rock-wallaby) and the night parrot."

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They have documented many cases of indiscriminate surplus predation by the fox on species including the burrowing bettong, the black-flanked rock-wallaby and the tammar wallaby.