Proceedings of the 1994 Rock-wallaby Symposium Australian Mammalogy

Abstract

The widely studied Australian marsupial genus Petrogale comprises 15 species of rock-wallaby with 26 known taxa. They are found throughout mainland Australia and on some continental islands. Rock-wallabies prefer habitats containing rocky areas with complex topographies of rock-piles, cliffs, crevices, ledges and caves. Although no rock-wallaby species is critically endangered, many populations and races are at immediate risk of extinction, and there are unexplained declines occurring in populations that are not endangered. Southern Australian taxa and populations appear to be more threatened than northern Australian taxa.