Russell A. Mittermeier;Don E. Wilson
Notamacropus irma
Sign in to saveAlso known as western brush wallaby, black-gloved wallaby, western bush wallaby, Halmaturus irma, Macropus irma
species of mammal
Species
Least ConcernWestern Brush Wallaby
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDiprotodontia
- FamilyMacropodidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 282
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Macropodidae
- Collections
- ANWC, NMV, SAMA, AM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Notamacropus
- Image
- Wallaby de l'ouest.jpg
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- Notamacropus irma
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons category
- Notamacropus irma
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- short name
- N. irma
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Encyclopedic overview
The western brush wallaby (Notamacropus irma), also known as the black-gloved wallaby, is a species of wallaby found in the southwestern coastal region of Western Australia. The wallaby's main threat is predation by the introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes). The IUCN lists the western brush wallaby as Least Concern, as it remains fairly widespread and the population is believed to be stable or increasing, as a result of red fox control programs.
The western brush wallaby has a grey colour with distinctive white colouring around the face, arms and legs (although it does have black gloves as its alternative common name implies). It is an unusually diurnal macropod that eats mainly grass.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Notamacropus irma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.