Parma Wallaby
Notamacropus parma
Australia's Threatened Species Category
Vulnerable
Listed since: 5/10/2022
IUCN's Threatened Species Category
Near Threatened
Listed since: 15/06/2015
Population trend: Unknown
Other names: None
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 Parma wallaby is a small wallaby with the species� fur is a uniform greyish brown on its back and shoulders, with a dark stripe along its spine ending mid-back. It has a white stripe on the cheek and upper lip and a white throat and chest. The optimum habitat for the Parma wallaby is wet sclerophyll forest with a thick, shrubby understorey and nearby grassy patches.
Threats
The Parma wallaby is threatened by inappropriate fire regimes, land clearing, predation by invasive species, habitat degradation and competition due to feral herbivores, weed invasion, climate change and vehicle strike.