rock wallaby
noun
: any of various medium-sized kangaroos (genus Petrogale) having a gray or brown coat usually with distinctive markings
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Cruise the Ord River, eyeing fruit bats, short-eared rock wallabies and freshwater crocodiles.
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Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
The others – three species of manatee and the pygmy-rock wallaby – are distant relations.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2011
Later, though, the officials found 16 rock wallabies sheltering at a waterfall.
—Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2020
Legend has it that Namondjok and Namarrgon, taking the form of short-eared rock wallabies, passed through the area and cut two crevices in the rock that are visible today.
—Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017
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Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
The others – three species of manatee and the pygmy-rock wallaby – are distant relations.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2011
Later, though, the officials found 16 rock wallabies sheltering at a waterfall.
—Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2020
Legend has it that Namondjok and Namarrgon, taking the form of short-eared rock wallabies, passed through the area and cut two crevices in the rock that are visible today.
—Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017
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“Rock wallaby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock%20wallaby. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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