Woodward's wallaroo

Woodward's wallaroo
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Diprotodontia
Family:	Macropodidae
Genus:	Macropus
Binomial name
	Macropus bernardus; Rothschild, 1904

Woodward's wallaroo (Macropus bernardus), also called the black wallaroo and Bernard's wallaroo, is the smallest of the wallaroos. The male is black or dark brown and the female is a grey colour. It is a shy nocturnal grazer and does not live in big groups. It uses the rocky cliffs where it lives to shelter and hide from danger.^[3]

It is only found in a small, mountainous area in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, between South Alligator River and Nabarlek. It classified as near threatened, because it is only found in this small area.^[3] The name wallaroo means a "rock kangaroo."^[4]

References

↑ Groves, Colin (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
↑ Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Macropus bernardus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 30 December 2006.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. pp. 118.
↑ Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan.

Other websites

Department of Environment and Heritage Species Profile^{[permanent dead link]}

[MSW3-1] Groves, Colin (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 64. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.

[IUCN-2] Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). Macropus bernardus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 30 December 2006.

[Menkhorst-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. pp. 118.

[Wallaroo-4] Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan.

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