Black-striped Wallaby

Black-striped Wallaby

Taxobox
name = Black-striped WallabyMSW3 Groves|pages=64]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 40562 | title = Macropus dorsalis | downloaded = 30 Dec 2006]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
infraclassis = Marsupialia
ordo = Diprotodontia
familia = Macropodidae
genus = "Macropus"
species = "M. dorsalis"
binomial = "Macropus dorsalis"
binomial_authority = {Gray, 1837)

The Black-striped Wallaby ("Macropus dorsalis"), also known as the Scrub Wallaby, is a medium-sized wallaby found in Australia, from Townsville in Queensland to Narrabri in New South Wales. In New South Wales it is only found west of the Great Dividing Range. It is decreasing in these areas, but is not classified as threatened as a species yet. cite book|last=Menkhorst|first=Peter|year=2001|title=A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia|publisher=Oxford University Press|pages=120] The New South Wales population, however, is classified as endangered.cite website|url=http://www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/profile/aspx?id=10500|title=NSW Department of Environment and Conservation Threatened Species]

The Black-striped Wallaby resembles the mainland race of the Red-necked Wallaby, differing in the black line down its back, a white stripe over the hip and more red colouration (extending down the arms and further down the abdomen). It is shy, nocturnal grazer and is not well-known owing to its preference for thick scrub, where it may easily be hidden.

References

External links

* [http://www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au/tsprofile/profile/aspx?id=10500 NSW Department of Environment and Conservation]
* [http://192.148.120.24/PDFs/tsprofile_blackstriped_wallaby.pdf National Parks and Wildlife Threatened Species Information]
* [http://www.deh.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl?pstrVol=MARSUPIALIA;pstrTaxa=521;pstrChecklistMode=2 Department of Environment and Heritage Species Profile]


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