Sharman's Rock Wallaby

Petrogale sharmani

Australia's Threatened Species Category

Vulnerable

Listed since: 5/05/2016

IUCN's Threatened Species Category

Vulnerable

Listed since: 21/03/2014

Population trend: Unknown

Other names: Mount Claro Rock Wallaby

Priority Species? No

The Australian government's Threatened Species Action Plan 2022-2032 selected over 100 priority species derive from consultation with threatened species experts and the wider community. While all species are important, focusing on a limited number of species can help target effort and resources so that outcomes can be achieved, measured and shared.

Description

The Sharman's Rock-wallaby has a limited range with around 80% of known colonies are located in the Australian Wildlife Conservancy's Mount Zero - Taravale wildlife sanctuary. The species is found in a variety of rocky habitats within open forests or grassy woodlands where they shelter during the day in rocky refuges and emerge at dusk to feed.

Threats

The most severe threats to the Sharman's Rock-wallaby is habitat degradation and resource depletion due to livestock and feral herbivores and habitat loss and fragmentation.