Petrogale

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Noun1.Petrogale - rock wallabiesPetrogale - rock wallabies      
genus Petrogale
mammal genus - a genus of mammals
family Macropodidae, Macropodidae - kangaroos; wallabies
rock kangaroo, rock wallaby - slender long-legged Australian wallabies living in caves and rocky areas
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Gregory Andrews, the national commissioner of threatened species, said: "We have got to make choices to save animals that we love, and who define us as a nation like the bilby, the warru (Black-footed rock-wallaby) and the night parrot."
Australia to air drop poison sausages in effort to kill two million cats by 2020; As part of efforts to become predator free by 2050 the Australian government is trying to wipe out the feral cat population already blamed for 20 extinctions
They have documented many cases of indiscriminate surplus predation by the fox on species including the burrowing bettong, the black-flanked rock-wallaby and the tammar wallaby.
Native fauna outfoxed by wanton killer. (spectrum)
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