Mareeba rock-wallaby
Petrogale mareeba Eldredge & Close, 1992
The mareeba rock-wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh about 4.12 kg. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
Quick facts about the mareeba rock-wallaby
- Weight
- 4.12 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 mareeba 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 mareeba rock-wallaby is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
What is the mareeba rock-wallaby?
The Mareeba rock-wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) is a rare species of rock-wallaby found around Mareeba in northeastern Queensland, Australia.
From the Wikipedia article “Mareeba rock-wallaby” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mareeba_rock-wallaby&oldid=1346055611), 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 mareeba rock-wallaby endangered?
The mareeba rock-wallaby is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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 mareeba rock-wallaby classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderDiprotodontia
- familyMacropodidae
- genusPetrogale
- SpeciesPetrogale mareeba Eldredge & Close, 1992
Other names and names in other languages (9)
- Mareeba rock wallabyEnglish
- Mareeba rock wallabyEnglish
- ولب ماريبا الصخريArabic
- klokan nenápadnýCzech
- Mareeba-FelskänguruGerman
- Ualabí Rupestre de MareebaSpanish
- Petrogale de MareebaFrench
- マリーバイワワラビーJapanese
- skalniak wyżynnyPolish
Relatives of the mareeba rock-wallaby
Other species in the same genus Petrogale.
Brush-tailed rock-wallaby
Petrogale penicillata
Yellow-footed rock-wallaby
Petrogale xanthopus
Nabarlek
Petrogale concinna
Black-flanked rock-wallaby
Petrogale lateralis
Short-eared rock-wallaby
Petrogale brachyotis
Unadorned rock-wallaby
Petrogale inornata
CompareMareeba rock-wallaby vs Brush-tailed rock-wallabyMareeba rock-wallaby vs Yellow-footed rock-wallabyMareeba rock-wallaby vs NabarlekMareeba rock-wallaby vs Black-flanked rock-wallaby
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the mareeba rock-wallaby?
An adult mareeba rock-wallaby weighs 4.12 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the mareeba rock-wallaby live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the mareeba rock-wallaby for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the mareeba rock-wallaby endangered?
The mareeba 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 mareeba rock-wallaby?
The mareeba rock-wallaby (Petrogale mareeba) belongs to the family Macropodidae in the order Diprotodontia.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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