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Allied rock-wallaby

Petrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The allied rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh 4.5 kg to 4.62 kg and live up to 13 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Allied rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis)
Photo: Diliff · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the allied rock-wallaby

Weight
4.5 kg – 4.62 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
13 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Gestation
31 dayssrc for Gestation
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
19.6 monthssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1.49src for Litters or clutches a year
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the allied rock-wallaby live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The allied rock-wallaby is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the allied rock-wallaby?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The allied rock-wallaby or Weasel rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis) is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, Australia. It forms part of the P. lateralis/penicillata species complex and is very similar to six other species of rock-wallaby found in this area; these include the Cape York rock-wallaby (P. coenensis), the unadorned rock-wallaby (P. inornata), the Herbert's rock-wallaby (P. herberti), the Godman's rock-wallaby (P. godmani), the Mareeba rock-wallaby (P. mareeba) and the Mount Claro rock-wallaby (P. sharmani).

From the Wikipedia article “Allied rock-wallaby” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Allied_rock-wallaby&oldid=1346055470), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the allied rock-wallaby endangered?

The allied rock-wallaby is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the allied rock-wallaby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusPetrogale
  7. SpeciesPetrogale assimilis Ramsay, 1877
Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Allied rock wallabyEnglish
  • Allied rock wallabyEnglish
  • ولب الصخور المتآلفArabic
  • klokan společenskýCzech
  • Variables FelskänguruGerman
  • Ουάλαμπι των βράχωνGreek
  • Ualabí Rupestre de las Montañas BlancasSpanish
  • queenslandinkalliovallabiFinnish
  • Petrogale alliéFrench
  • ニセイワワラビーJapanese
  • skalniak stadnyPolish
  • Квинслендский скальный валлабиRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the allied rock-wallaby

Other species in the same genus Petrogale.

EN, Endangered
Nabarlek (Petrogale concinna)

Nabarlek

Petrogale concinna

Macropodidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the allied rock-wallaby?

An adult allied rock-wallaby weighs 4.5 kg – 4.62 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the allied rock-wallaby live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the allied rock-wallaby for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the allied rock-wallaby endangered?

The allied rock-wallaby is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

How long does the allied rock-wallaby live?

The allied rock-wallaby has a recorded lifespan of 13 years.

How long is the allied rock-wallaby pregnant?

The recorded gestation period is 31 days.

What kind of animal is the allied rock-wallaby?

The allied rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis) belongs to the family Macropodidae in the order Diprotodontia.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{allied_rock_wallaby_2026,
  title = {Allied rock-wallaby (Petrogale assimilis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/allied-rock-wallaby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}