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Durack has or used to have 72 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Barrow Island Wallaroo.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Photo of Barrow Island Wallaroo

Barrow Island Wallaroo

Osphranter robustus isabellinus

Status: Vulnerable

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Osphranter robustus isabellinus has greater than 80% of its range within Durack

The Barrow Island Wallaroo is a stocky, dark-backed marsupial with a paler coloured belly and coarse, shaggy fur. It is smaller than the mainland form of the Wallaroo. While the mainland form have an average weight of 35 kg and 16 kg, the Barrow Island Wallaroo is much smaller, with an average weight of 20 kg and 8 kg. This species has a relatively short, thick tail.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimesAdverse fire regimes

Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradationHabitat loss, fragmentation and degradation

Invasive species and diseasesInvasive species and diseases

Overexploitation and other direct harm from human activitiesOverexploitation and other direct harm from human activities

Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.

Durack has or used to have 184 threatened plants found within its boundaries. Some of these might not be as photogenic as the Barrow Island Wallaroo but they're just as important.

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