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Parkes has or used to have 40 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Bridled Nail-tail 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.

Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby

Onychogalea fraenata

Status: Endangered

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

Onychogalea fraenata is found across 6 electorates.

The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby is a highly solitary, medium-sized macropod; up to 1 m tall and weighing up to 8 kg. The species has distinctive markings of a white 'bridle' line running from the centre of the neck, along the shoulder to behind the forearm on each side of the body. A black stripe runs the length of the body, and white cheek stripes are present on both sides of the head. A horny 'nail' occurs at the tip of the tail, is between 3-6mm and is partly concealed by hair.The species has a high level of sexual dimorphism and males may be up to twice as large as females.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Adverse fire regimes