Herbert's rock-wallaby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Herbert's rock-wallaby lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Petrogale herberti
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Macropodidae

Where does the Herbert's rock-wallaby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Herbert's rock-wallaby in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Herbert's rock-wallaby endangered?

The Herbert's rock-wallaby’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Herbert's rock-wallaby?

The Herbert's rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, genus Petrogale. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Herbert's rock-wallaby

Herbert's rock-wallaby (Petrogale herberti) is a member of a group of seven very closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. Herbert's is the most southerly and most widespread of the group.

Herbert's rock-wallaby is distributed from around 100 km northwest of Brisbane north to the Fitzroy River. It ranges inland to around Clermont and Rubyvale. It is the largest of the related group of Queensland rock-wallabies.

The species was named in honour of the mineralogist Herbert Smith.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Herbert's rock-wallaby (revision 1364372568), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q209123 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).