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Black-footed Rock-wallaby  -  Petrogale lateralis

The Black-footed Rock-wallaby is dark grey-brown above with light coloured cheek stripes and a dark stripe from between ears to the middle of the back. There is a white side stripe and the tail is dark grey to brown ending in a dark coloured brush. This is a very diverse species known to occur in four versions so there is some variation in appearance. The animals have bodies 45 to 52 centimetres long with tails extending a further 50 to 60 centimetres. They weigh 2.8 to 4.5 kg. Live in rocky outcrops with deep fissures and caves; black-footed rock-wallabies eat grasses, some leaves and fruit.

Information. ¶  Field Guide to Australian Mammals by Cath Jones and Steve Parrish, Steve Parrish publishing, undated. pg131. ¶  Mammals of North-Western Australia by Carolyn Thomson-Dans, Department of Conservation and Land Management, 2002. pg42-4. Photographs taken on an island in Lake Argyle.

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