Purple-necked rock-wallaby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the purple-necked rock-wallaby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the purple-necked 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 purple-necked rock-wallaby endangered?

The purple-necked rock-wallaby’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the purple-necked rock-wallaby?

The purple-necked rock-wallaby (Petrogale purpureicollis) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, genus Petrogale. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the purple-necked rock-wallaby

The purple-necked rock-wallaby (Petrogale purpureicollis) is a species of rock-wallaby first described in 1924 by Albert Sherbourne Le Souef, then director of the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, who noted a purple colouration around the neck and cranial features that distinguish it from other rock-wallaby species.

The purple colouration was thought by some sceptical scientists to be due to the animal rubbing against a dye, but the animal does in fact secrete a purple pigment. The pigment is known to wash off in the rain and fade away after death, causing some possible confusion with other rock-wallaby species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Purple-necked rock-wallaby (revision 1314978671), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q209668 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).