Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.
Wright has or used to have 36 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Brush-tailed 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.
Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby
Petrogale penicillata
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 penicillata is found across 48 electorates.
The Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby is brown above, tending to be rufous on the rump and grey on the shoulders. The chest and belly is paler and in some individuals there is a white blaze on the chest. There is a white to buff cheek stripe and a black dorsal stripe from the forehead to the back of the head. The exterior of the ears is black, and inside the ears is buff. There is a black auxiliary patch often extending as a dark stripe to the margin of the hind-legs. There is a pale grey side-stripe sometimes present. The feet and paws are dark brown to black. The tail darkens distally with a prominent brush. The pelage is long and thick, particularly about the rump, flanks and base of the tail. Individuals from the north of the species' range tend to be lighter and have a less prominent tail brush.¹
Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia
Habitat loss, fragmentation and degradation
Invasive species and diseases
Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.
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- Mt Ernest Bertya (Bertya ernestiana)
- Bertya opponens (Bertya opponens)
- a shrub (Bertya pinifolia)
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- Satin-top Grass (Bothriochloa bunyensis)
- Miniature Moss-orchid (Bulbophyllum globuliforme)
- Ooline (Cadellia pentastylis)
- Stream Clematis (Clematis fawcettii)
- Coopernookia scabridiuscula (Coopernookia scabridiuscula)
- Native Jute (Corchorus cunninghamii)
- Small Helmet-orchid (Corybas montanus)
- Stinking Cryptocarya (Cryptocarya foetida)
- Leafless Tongue-orchid (Cryptostylis hunteriana)
- Boonah Tuckeroo (Cupaniopsis tomentella)
- White-flowered Wax Plant (Cynanchum elegans)
- Cyperus semifertilis (Cyperus semifertilis)
- Bluegrass (Dichanthium setosum)
- Red-fruited Ebony (Diospyros mabacea)
- Small-leaved Tamarind (Diploglottis campbellii)
- Floyd's Walnut (Endiandra floydii)
- Rusty Rose Walnut (Endiandra hayesii)
- Lamington Eyebright (Euphrasia bella)
- Ball Nut (Floydia praealta)
- Southern Fontainea (Fontainea australis)
- Fontainea venosa (Fontainea venosa)
- Green Waxberry (Gaultheria viridicarpa)
- Angle-stemmed Myrtle (Gossia gonoclada)
- Grevillea quadricauda (Grevillea quadricauda)
- Monkey Nut (Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia)
- Leionema obtusifolium (Leionema obtusifolium)
- Wandering Pepper-cress (Lepidium peregrinum)
- a green alga (Lychnothamnus barbatus)
- Macadamia Nut (Macadamia integrifolia)
- Rough-shelled Bush Nut (Macadamia tetraphylla)
- Clear Milkvine (Marsdenia longiloba)
- Lloyd's Olive (Notelaea lloydii)
- Southern Ochrosia (Ochrosia moorei)
- Onionwood (Owenia cepiodora)
- Wollumbin Dogwood (Ozothamnus vagans)
- a grass (Paspalidium grandispiculatum)
- Lesser Swamp-orchid (Phaius australis)
- Mt Berryman Phebalium (Phebalium distans)
- Hawkweed (Picris evae)
- Shiny-leaved Condoo (Planchonella eerwah)
- Plectranthus habrophyllus (Plectranthus habrophyllus)
- Nightcap Plectranthus (Plectranthus nitidus)
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- Spiny Gardenia (Randia moorei)
- Austral Cornflower (Rhaponticum australe)
- Scrub Turpentine (Rhodamnia rubescens)
- Native Guava (Rhodomyrtus psidioides)
- Quassia (Samadera bidwillii)
- Ravine Orchid (Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii)
- Waxy Sarcochilus (Sarcochilus hartmannii)
- Blotched Sarcochilus (Sarcochilus weinthalii)
- Tallebudgera spikemoss (Selaginella andrewsii)
- Sophora fraseri (Sophora fraseri)
- Small-leaved Hazelwood (Symplocos baeuerlenii)
- Smooth-bark Rose Apple (Syzygium hodgkinsoniae)
- Austral Toadflax (Thesium australe)
- Tylophora woollsii (Tylophora woollsii)
- Westringia rupicola (Westringia rupicola)
- Zieria collina (Zieria collina)
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