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Godman's rock-wallaby

Petrogale godmani Thomas, 1923

NTNear Threatenedmarsupials

The godman's rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh about 4.75 kg. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.

Godman's rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani)
Photo: Thomas, 1923 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the godman's rock-wallaby

Weight
4.75 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the godman's 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 godman's 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 godman's rock-wallaby?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

Godman's rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani) is a diprotodont marsupial, and a typical rock-wallaby. It is found in northern and north-eastern Queensland, Australia. This rock-wallaby is found in low open forest, open scrub, or montane regions, often near the coast. It shelters in rocky terrain adjacent to feeding areas. Godman's rock-wallaby is a nocturnal gregarious territorial folivore.

From the Wikipedia article “Godman's rock-wallaby” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Godman%27s_rock-wallaby&oldid=1364372331), 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 godman's rock-wallaby endangered?

The godman's rock-wallaby is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.

  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 Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.

How is the godman's rock-wallaby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusPetrogale
  7. SpeciesPetrogale godmani Thomas, 1923
Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Godman s rock-wallabyEnglish
  • Godman's rock wallabyEnglish
  • Godman's rock wallabyEnglish
  • Godman’s rock wallabyEnglish
  • ولب غودمان الصخريArabic
  • klokan GodmanůvCzech
  • Godman-FelskänguruGerman
  • Ualabí Rupestre del Monte WindsorSpanish
  • capeyorkinkalliovallabiFinnish
  • Petrogale de GodmanFrench
  • ミミナガイワワラビーJapanese
  • skalniak kamiennyPolish
  • Валлаби ГодманаRussian

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the godman's 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 godman's rock-wallaby?

An adult godman's rock-wallaby weighs 4.75 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the godman's rock-wallaby live?

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

Is the godman's rock-wallaby endangered?

The godman's rock-wallaby is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.

What kind of animal is the godman's rock-wallaby?

The godman's rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani) 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

CreatureData. (2026). Godman's rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/godmans-rock-wallaby

MLA

“Godman's rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/godmans-rock-wallaby.

BibTeX
@misc{godmans_rock_wallaby_2026,
  title = {Godman's rock-wallaby (Petrogale godmani)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/godmans-rock-wallaby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}