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Western brush wallaby

Notamacropus irma (Jourdan, 1837)

LCLeast Concernmarsupials

The western brush wallaby (Notamacropus irma) is a species in the family Macropodidae, order Diprotodontia. Recorded adults weigh about 8 kg and live up to 2.17 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Western brush wallaby (Notamacropus irma)
Photo: John Gould · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the western brush wallaby

Weight
8 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
2.17 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
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 western brush 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 western brush 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 western brush wallaby?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The western brush wallaby (Notamacropus irma), also known as the black-gloved wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in the southwestern coastal region of Western Australia. The wallaby's main threat is predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes). The IUCN lists the western brush wallaby as Least Concern, as it remains fairly widespread and the population is believed to be stable or increasing, as a result of red fox control programs.

The western brush wallaby has a grey colour with distinctive white colouring around the face, arms and legs (although it does have black gloves as its alternative common name implies). It is an unusually diurnal macropod that eats mainly grass.

From the Wikipedia article “Western brush wallaby” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_brush_wallaby&oldid=1377858322), 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 western brush wallaby endangered?

The western brush 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 western brush wallaby classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderDiprotodontia
  5. familyMacropodidae
  6. genusNotamacropus
  7. SpeciesNotamacropus irma (Jourdan, 1837)

Synonyms Halmaturus irma, Macropus irma

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Black-gloved wallabyEnglish
  • KwooraEnglish
  • Western bush wallabyEnglish
  • ولب الفرشاة الغربيArabic
  • klokan irmaCzech
  • Westliches IrmawallabyGerman
  • Ualabí Listado Hirsuto OccidentalSpanish
  • pensaskenguruFinnish
  • Wallaby de l'ouestFrench
  • Wallaby di boscaglia occidentaleItalian
  • クロテワラビーJapanese
  • IrmawallabieDutch
  • kangur zachodniPolish
  • Ualabi-de-Luvas-NegrasPortuguese
  • Перчаточный валлабиRussian
  • จิงโจ้แคระมือดำThai

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the western brush wallaby

Other species in the same genus Notamacropus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the western brush wallaby?

An adult western brush wallaby weighs 8 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the western brush wallaby live?

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

Is the western brush wallaby endangered?

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

How long does the western brush wallaby live?

The western brush wallaby has a recorded lifespan of 2.17 years.

What kind of animal is the western brush wallaby?

The western brush wallaby (Notamacropus irma) 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.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Western brush wallaby (Notamacropus irma). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-brush-wallaby

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BibTeX
@misc{western_brush_wallaby_2026,
  title = {Western brush wallaby (Notamacropus irma)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-brush-wallaby},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}