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	Rock Wallaby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The rock wallabie's tail is unique in macropdids in that it is long, cylindrical, and covered with long bushy fur.
		Rock wallabie's can be seen moving about in broad daylight, but most feeding and social interactions take place late in the afternoon and throughout the night.
		Rock Wallabies pass elongated droppings which are readily distinguished from the oval droppings passed by Macropus and Wallabia.
	www.users.bigpond.net.au /wallaby/rockwallaby.htm (225 words)

	Wallaby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wallabies are widely distributed across Australia, particularly in more remote, heavily timbered, or rugged areas, less so on the great semi-arid plains that are better suited to the larger, leaner, and more fleet-footed kangaroos.
		Rock wallabies, rather like the goats of the northern hemisphere, specialise in rugged terrain and have modified feet designed to grip rock with skin friction rather than dig into soil with large claws.
		The Banded Hare Wallaby is thought to be the last remaining member of the once-numerous subfamily Sthenurinae, and although once common across southern Australia, is now restricted to two islands off the Western Australian coast which are free of introduced predators.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wallaby (398 words)

	Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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		Wallabies are widely distributed across Australia, particularly in moreremote, heavily timbered, or rugged areas, less so on the great semi-arid plains that are better suited to the larger, leaner,and more fleet-footed kangaroos.
		Rock wallabies, rather likethe goats of the northern hemisphere, specialise in rugged terrain and have modified feetdesigned to grip rock with skin friction rather than dig into soil with large claws.
	www.swingdancemusic.com /send/18652-brush%20tailed%20rock%20wallaby.html (663 words)

	Rock wallabies: caught between a rock and a hard place -- WWF-Australia
		Of the 15 species of rock wallaby, many are now considered threatened, and have disappeared from much of their original range (the areas they inhabit).
		Rock wallabies are an internationally recognised group for the study of the development of species and chromosome evolution in kangaroos and wallabies.
		This rock wallaby was only brought to the attention of scientists in 1976 and is found in just a few locations in north-east coastal Queensland.
	www.wwf.org.au /ourwork/species/rockwallaby (720 words)

	Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby
		The brush-tailed rock wallaby is a marsupial common in Queensland and New South Wales.
		Brush-tailed rock wallabies are nocturnal animals but they appear to enjoy the sunshine when the weather is cool.
		Brush-tailed rock wallabies are very sensitive about their environment and do not like to be disturbed by humans, in the wild they are not friendly.
	www.australianfauna.com /brushtailedrockwallaby.php (478 words)

	Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby: Brush tailed rock wallaby is a competitor to domestric rances and farms but hunting them is prohibited.
		Rock Wallaby Page: Blue Mountains NPWS rangers have been on the trail of the elusive brush tailed rock wallaby in the Wollemi Wilderness area.
		Ladywildlife Rock Wallaby: Because the brush tailed rock wallaby has a dull brown fur, it is not hunted for its pelt like other specifics with more delicate coloration.
	specieslist.com /endangered/common_name/B/Brush-Tailed_Rock_Wallaby.shtml (1838 words)

	Fourth Crossing Wildlife - Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby
		Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallabies from the north of the range tend to be lighter and have a less prominent tail brush.
		The Brush-Tailed Rock-Wallaby was the first wallaby to be named by scientists and was originally referred to as the Tuft-Tailed Kangaroo or Mountain Kangaroo, with a scientific name of Kangurus penicillatus.
		Since European settlement the wallaby has declined in Victoria and well as in southern and western New South Wales due to excessive hunting for skins and as pest eradication.
	www.fourthcrossingwildlife.com /BrushtTailedRockWallaby.htm (345 words)

	Rock Wallaby Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Only the Macleay gorges in northern NSW is known to have a larger population of brush tailed rock wallabies.
		Predation by foxes is thought to be a major cause of the decline of the brush tailed rock wallaby throughout its range.
		A standard rock wallaby monitoring strategy based on scat plots was initiated in October 1997.
	www.green.net.au /rarespecies/wallaby.html (1020 words)

	Surrogate mums bid to save rare wallaby - theage.com.au
		This tiny brush-tailed rock wallaby joey is now safe in the pouch of the surrogate mother tammar wallaby.
		Rock wallabies were almost wiped out in the late 1800s when hunters shot them for their colourful skins.
		But as the captive wallabies were from the same colony, their genetic pool had to be strengthened from those in the wild.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/10/01/1033283487390.html (445 words)

	South Lakes Wild Animal Park - Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The brown colour is ornamented only by a white cheek stripe and a long tail with a distinct brush at the end.
		The tail is used primarily as a balance aid when running at speed up and down cliff faces in their rocky home.
		There are very few Rock Wallabies in Europe, this animal is now one of the most critically endangered Kangaroos in Australia.
	www.wildanimalpark.co.uk /animals/australia/brushwal.htm (167 words)

	Ladywildlife Rock Wallaby
		Many species of the rock wallaby have thick, attractive fur that was sought by fur traders during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
		The rocks leading to the hiding places are often warn smooth by generations of wallabies using the same trail.
		Because the brush tailed rock wallaby has a dull brown fur, it is not hunted for its pelt like other specifics with more delicate coloration.
	ladywildlife.com /animal/rockwallaby.html (730 words)

	Pictures of the brush-tailed rock wallaby\|Petrogale penicillata facts
		The Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby or Small-eared Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) is a kind of wallaby, one of several rock wallabies in the genus Petrogale.
		A fifth species, the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) is considered to be extinct locally, although a captive population is maintained at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve as part of the national recovery program for this species.
		The Brush-Tailed Rock WallabyThe brush-tailed rock wallaby is a marsupial common in Queensland and New South Wales.
	www.thewebsiteofeverything.com /animals/mammals/Diprotodontia/Macropodidae/Petrogale/Petrogale-penicillata.html (495 words)

	Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby or Small-eared Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) is a kind of (Any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos often brightly colored) wallaby, one of several rock wallabies in the ((biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species) genus Petrogale.
		The Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby is so rare in (A nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony) Australia that is has long been considered to be close to extinction.
		Brush-tails (and (Click link for more info and facts about Parma Wallabies) Parma Wallabies) were liberated on Kawau more than 100 years ago by the then (The head of a state government) governor, Sir George Grey, and there were believed to be about 40 resident animals near the end of 2003.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/br/brush-tailed_rock_wallaby.htm (426 words)

	ABC Online Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Although the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby is widespread, they are nowhere common and are mostly regarded as rare and endangered (particularly the Victorian populations).
		The wallabies are a pest animal introduced for hunting by acclimatisation societies, and hunters are still illegally extending their ranges into the southern alps.
		The island wallabies were destroying the native NZ vegetation and were facing eradication from baiting or shooting.
	www2b.abc.net.au /science/scribblygum/newposts/94/topic94110.shtm (1081 words)

	Quantum - Joey from the Snowy
		The Brush Tailed Rock Wallaby, once thought to be extinct in Victoria, has been re-discovered in a rugged corner of the Snowy Mountains.
		Wallaby Rocks is probably one of our most important sites and always will be because that is the site where the rock wallaby was rediscovered in Victoria in 1937.
		It’s a really inaccessible and rugged environment and we believe that’s been the safeguarding of the rock wallabies in that they’ve been able to exist down there away from predators that might be able to get them, at them in sites that are not as rugged as the gorge.
	www.abc.net.au /quantum/s249096.htm (2922 words)

	What is a Wallaby?
		The wallaby is a close relative of a kangaroo, and one can classify the wallaby by saying it is any animal that looks like a small kangaroo.
		What kind of wallaby one might see in its native locations depends on what time of day the wallaby is seen.
		The wallaby tail length is usually not included in height measurements, but as a general rule tends to measure approximately 1/3 of the body height.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-a-wallaby.htm (581 words)

	Wallpaper downloads - EPA/QPWS
		The endangered bridled nailtail wallaby is one of three species of macropod that has a small horny spur at the end of the tail.
		The vulnerable Brush-tailed rock wallaby occurs in southern Queensland extending 200 km north of the Queensland border and inland to the Stanthorpe district, Qld.
		The principle threats to the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby are thought to be predation by introduced carnivores, particularly the Red Fox and reduced dispersion between sub-populations due to habitat fragmentation and reduced survival away from predator-proof refuges.
	www.epa.qld.gov.au /nature_conservation/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/wallpaper_downloads (1222 words)

	Help us find brush-tailed rock-wallabies
		Foxes are agile climbers and are well-sized to fit into the crevices where young wallabies shelter while their mothers feed.
		These wallabies can be quite difficult to see in the wild as they are well camouflaged and quite timid by nature.
		Second brush-tailed rock wallaby joey confirmed at colony north of Goulburn
	www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au /npws.nsf/Content/find_brush-tailed_rock-wallabies (807 words)

	Brush=tailed rock-wallabies
		PhD student Justine Murray recently visited the area to study the wallabies and was amazed by what she saw: “Green Gully blew me away so far as the number of animals.
		“Rock wallabies will only be taken if they’re in the wrong place at the wrong time,” she says.
		The BTRW in NSW constitute 80% of the national population.
	www.fnpw.com.au /ForSupporters/PAWS/enews063/BTRW.htm (734 words)

	South Lakes Wild Animal Park - Brush Tailed Possum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The colour of the Brush Tailed Possum is grey-brown sometimes with fl and white in many variations.
		Its tail is prehensile, meaning it can use it as a fifth limb, hanging from it or using it to grasp branches.
		The Brush Tailed Possum is arboreal (tree dwelling) and nocturnal (coming out at night) and usually nests in tree hollows.
	www.wildanimalpark.co.uk /animals/australia/possum.htm (228 words)

	Chapter 11: Mammal Analysis support for Foraging Theory Model (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby) but there are attributes within their habitat that influence their successfulness in one sub-area of their range versus another (i.e.
		The presence of Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby in the assemblage as a dominant species gives substantial support to foragers using specific land systems because it is not potentially available in all land systems and in four that it is, it only has a (D) rating (Table X.2.1: X.4).
		The dominance of Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby in the archaeological assemblage is considered possible when the affect of Aboriginal people’s knowledge of animal habitats and habits is included in the assessment.
	www.vvm.com /~huckerby/DOCUMENTS/97chap11.html (5573 words)

	wallaby on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Une femmelle wallaby et so petit au zoo d'Aix-en-Provence en 1996.
		Skippy, un wallaby (kangourou nain) de deux ans, s'est.
		Une femmelle wallaby et son petit au zoo d'Aix-en-Provence en 1996.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-wallaby.asp (433 words)

	Print Article: High hopes for the brush-tailed variety, too
		In the late 1800s a group of brush-tailed rock wallabies was taken to the island off the east coast north of Auckland by the then governor George Grey.
		So plentiful had the wallabies become by the 1990s that the NZ Department of Conservation considered eradication because of the effect they were having on native plants and birds.
		There are three sub-groups of the brush-tailed rock wallaby and it is hoped the breeding program will save the all-but-extinct southern group which the Kawau Island wallabies have been matched with.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/11/17/1069027046277.html (988 words)

	WPSQ Issues: Brush-tailed rock wallaby: running out of time
		The brush-tailed rock wallaby is dark brown with a distinctive bushy fl tail.
		Wildlife Queensland Toowoomba Branch and head office are working towards saving the remaining members of a group of brush tailed rock wallabies that live on the dam wall at Perseverance Dam, near Crows Nest, one of the last colonies of this vulnerable species in south-east Queensland.
		Wallabies are being killed when they cross a 1 km stretch of damside road that runs through their small home range, despite signs asking traffic to slow down.
	www.wildlife.org.au /i-brushtailedwallaby.html (542 words)

	Waterfall Springs Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The BTRW's that were rescued by Waterfall Springs from baiting in Kawau Island - New Zealand are constantly amazing the staff with their agility to climb and sit, even in the most flimsiest of Stringy Barks.
		The Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby is the only Rock Wallaby known to have this characteristic, we have Yellow Footed Rock Wallabies here also and they do not show any interest in climbing the trees, only residing under them to sleep.
		We have constructed an additional 13 separate rock wallaby habitats, most are basically large earthen mounds with concrete culvert incorporated to form numerous tunnels, dens and caves.
	www.waterfallsprings.com.au /pages/newsletter.html (2887 words)

	NP Journal
		Daytime is spent in the shelter of caves, rock overhangs or areas of thick vegetation.
		BTRWs are thought to be under threat from predation by foxes (and to a lesser extent dogs, cats, Wedge-tailed Eagles and Tiger Quolls).
		BTRWs are at great risk of extinction from continued predation and habitat loss with suitable habitat becoming harder for them to find and many populations now existing in isolation from each other with little or no chance for re-colonisation from other colonies.
	www.npansw.org.au /web/journal/200602/biodiversity.htm (1079 words)

	Australian Museum - Helping the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		These wallabies are facing many serious threats, including predation by, and competition from, feral animals, land clearing and degradation, and diseases such as toxoplasmosis which is spread by cats.
		Friends of the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby are trying to improve the environment of the wallabies in an attempt to aid with breeding.
		The group is monitoring the wallabies numbers and distribution, reducing threats to the wallabies, and raising money to fund research and public education programs.
	www.austmus.gov.au /archive.cfm?id=1275 (253 words)

	Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby
		Comparé aux tailles de corps d'autres wallabies, le wallaby balayer-coupé la queue est au milieu.
		La fourrure épaisse couvre le wallaby balayer-coupé la queue de roche, il y a également une brosse à l'extrémité de sa queue.
		Le wallaby balayer-coupé la queue peut s'élever disent des arbres avec ses griffes pointues et les jambes fortes, il peut également facilement monter des roches.
	www.australianfauna.com /fr_brushtailedrockwallaby.php (579 words)

	Rock wallaby return :: ABC Western Victoria
		The critically endangered brush-tailed rock wallaby is returning to the Grampians, with the official opening of a re-introduction facility on the edge of the National Park.
		The pen is fox-proof, the fox being the main threat to rock wallabies and other small native animals, but there are other causes that contributed to brush-tailed rock wallaby's decline.
		For now, though, the focus is on preparing the rock wallabies for their new life in the wild.
	www.abc.net.au /westernvic/stories/s1805678.htm?backyard (837 words)

	The University of Melbourne - UniNews -12 March 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Dubbed 'The Shadow' because it is so rarely seen, the Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby is close to the hearts of the State's high country people and members of the research team, including University of Melbourne zoologist Dr David Taggart.
		Dr Taggart is part of a Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby Recovery Team that works in collaboration with staff at the Healesville Sanctuary, Adelaide Zoo and Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve.
		The program uses common wallaby species such as the Tammar or Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby, to nurse and rear the offspring of the endangered Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby.
	www.unimelb.edu.au /ExtRels/Media/UN/archive/2001/607/endangeredwallabies.html (548 words)

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