WA Mammals 04. Burrowing Bettong to Black-flanked Rock Wallaby

WA Mammals 04. Burrowing Bettong to Black-flanked Rock Wallaby


Burrowing Bettong (Boodie) (photograph)	Bettongia leseuer
Common on Barrow Island. Seen in animal enclosure at Dryandra State Forest where they have now been released into the surrounding woodland. It also remains on Bernier and Dorre Islands in Shark Bay, and Boodie Island in the Pilbara.

Woylie (Brush-tailed Bettong)	Bettongia penicillata
Common at Dryandra State Forest, Perup Nature Reserve. Reported at Tutanning Nature Reserve.

Gilbert's Potoroo	Potorous gilberti
Endemic. Considered extinct until it was rediscovered at Two People's Bay in December 1994.

Broad-faced Potoroo	Potorous platyops
Extinct. Endemic.

Spectacled Hare Wallaby	Lagorchestes conspicillatus
Seen on Barrow Island.

Mala (Rufous Hare Wallaby)	Lagorchestes hirsutus
Seen on Trimouille Island in the Monte Bello Islands where it has been introduced. Seen in animal enclosure at Dryandra State Forest. It only remains on Bernier and Dorre Islands in Shark Bay.

Central Hare Wallaby	Lagochestes asomatus
Extinct.

Agile Wallaby (photographs)	Macropus agilis
Very common in the Kimberley. Seen at Broome, Argyle Diamond Mine, Kununurra, Anna Plains Station.

Antilopine Wallaroo	Macropus antilopinus
Two seen on the Argyle Diamond Mine village oval in August 2004.

Tammar Wallaby	Macropus eugenii
Common on Garden Island near Perth. Fairly common in thickets at Perup Nature Reserve. Becoming more common at Dryandra State Forest, especially along Gura Road.

Western Brush Wallaby	Macropus irma
Endemic. Fairly common in most of the south west. Seen at Dryandra State Forest, Perup Nature Reserve, Fitzgerald River National Park, Bungendore State Forest.

Western Grey Kangaroo (photograph)	Macropus fuliginosus
Very common in the south west and south from near Shark Bay to Nullarbor Plain.

Red Kangaroo (photograph)	Macropus rufus
Common in most of the state except the south west and the Kimberley. Seen near Exmouth, on the Anne Beadell Highway and the Gunbarrel Highway.

Euro (Common Wallaroo) (photographs)	Macropus robustus
Common in most of the state except the south. Seen at Kununurra, Argyle Diamond Mine, Kimberley Coastal Camp, Broome, Exmouth, Gunbarrel Highway.

Quokka (photographs)	Setonix brachyurus
Endemic. Very common on Rottnest Island. Seen at Waychinicup. Reported at Two People's Bay.

Banded Hare Wallaby	Lagostrophus fasciatus
Endemic. Seen in animal enclosure at Dryandra State Forest and at the Waychinicup camp ground. It only remains on Bernier and Dorre Islands in Shark Bay.

Crescent Nailtail Wallaby	Onychogalea lunata
Extinct.

Northern Nailtail Wallaby	Onychogalea unguifera
Seen at Argyle Diamond Mine. Reported at Broome.

Short-eared Rock Wallaby	Petrogale brachyotis
Fairly common at Argyle Diamond Mine. Seen on Lake Argyle and at Hidden Valley in Kununurra.

Monjon (Warabi)	Petrogale burbidgei
Endemic. Restricted to very high rainfall areas of coastal Kimberley and some islands (Bigge, Boongaree, Katers). Reported to prefer King Leopold Sandstone with open eucalypt woodland. It occurs at the Mitchell Falls and possibly at the Kimberley Coastal Camp.

Nabarlek (Little Rock Wallaby)	Petrogale concinna
Seen at Little Merten Falls near the Mitchell Falls in September 2005. Reported in coastal Kimberley and some islands (Borda, Augustus, Long, Hidden) in sandstone cliffs, boulder scree and breakaways.

Rothschild's Rock Wallaby	Petrogale rothschildi
Endemic. Restricted to Pilbara including Hamersley Ranges, Chichester Ranges, Burrup Peninsula and some islands (Rosemary, Enderby, Dolphin, West Lewis, Burrup) in cliffs and scree slopes. One seen on Burrup Peninsula in November 2005.

Black-flanked Rock Wallaby (photographs)	Petrogale lateralis
Seen on Barrow Island and Cape Range National Park.

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