Yellow-footed rock-wallaby

Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby
Conservation status
	Near Threatened
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Petrogale
Species:	P. xanthopus
Binomial name
	Petrogale xanthopus; Gray, 1855

The Yellow-footed Rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) is a member of the macropod family (the marsupial family that includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, wallaroos, and others). By some accounts, it is the inspiration for both the name and logo of the popular Yellow Tail brand of wines from New South Wales, Australia.

At least one subspecies of this nocturnal diprotodont (P. x. xanthopus) appears on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as Vulnerable and has a population of only about 5,000-10,000. The other subspecies (P. x. celeris) is listed at Near Threatened. This species prefers rock crevices and caves in isolated rock outcrops and ridges in semi-arid country. Its primary predators are foxes, although it faces competition from domestic and wild introduced species (particularly goats, rabbits, and sheep). Also, wildfires have reduced its natural range.

References

^ Groves, C. P. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494.

Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). "Petrogale xanthopus". IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species <www.redlist.org>. Retrieved 2006-04-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). "Petrogale xanthopus ssp. xanthopus". IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species <www.redlist.org>. Retrieved 2006-04-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). "Petrogale xanthopus ssp. celeris". IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species <www.redlist.org>. Retrieved 2006-04-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

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