Yellow-footed rock-wallaby: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the yellow-footed rock-wallaby live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the yellow-footed rock-wallaby in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

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 yellow-footed rock-wallaby endangered?

The yellow-footed 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 yellow-footed rock-wallaby?

The yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) is a mammal in the order Diprotodontia and the family Macropodidae, genus Petrogale. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the yellow-footed rock-wallaby

The yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus), formerly known as the ring-tailed rock-wallaby, is a member of the macropod family (the marsupial family that includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, and wallaroos).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (revision 1360696311), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q209497 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).