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Grey has or used to have 43 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby.

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 Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby

Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby

Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus

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

Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus has greater than 80% of its range within Grey

The Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby is brightly coloured with a white cheek stripe and orange ears. It is fawn-grey above with a white side-stripe, and a brown and white hip-stripe. Its forearms, hindlegs and feet are a rich orange to bright yellow colour. This subspecies grows to 65 cm and can weigh up to 11 kg. It has an orange-brown tail with horizontal brown bars or stripes, which grows to 70 cm long.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimesAdverse fire regimes

Changed surface and groundwater regimesChanged surface and groundwater regimes

Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradationHabitat loss, fragmentation and degradation

Invasive species and diseasesInvasive species and diseases

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

Grey has or used to have 67 threatened plants found within its boundaries. Some of these might not be as photogenic as the Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby but they're just as important.

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