Pictures and facts about the Bridled nail-tailed wallaby

Pictures of the bridled nail-tailed wallaby are copyrighted by their owners

Bridled nail-tailed wallaby

Order : Diprotodontia
Family : Macropodidae
Species : Onychogalea fraenata

 

The Bridled nail-tailed wallaby, bridled wallaby, merrin is listed as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the bridled nail-tailed wallaby

The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata) is found only in a small area around Dingo in Queensland.

Birth Season: The young of the bridled nail-tailed wallaby is usually born in May. (Full text)

Countries Where the Bridled Nail-tailed Wallaby Is Currently Found: 2004: Occurs in Australia (Queensland) (IUCN 2004). (Full text)

The Bridled Nail-Tailed WallabyThe bridled nail-tailed wallaby is endangered in part due to hunting in the early 1900s. (Full text)

The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata) is found only in a small area around Dingo in Queensland. (Full text)

The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata) is found only in a small area around Dingo in Queensland. (Full text)

The bridled nail-tailed wallaby is active primarily at night, when it feeds on grasses, small plants, and bulbs. (Full text)

This wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata, is an extremely rare marsupial native to the plains of southeastern Australia. (Full text)

The Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata) is found only in a small area around Dingo in Queensland. (Full text)

Avocet – a Queensland grazing property that supports an endangered ecosystem into which the endangered bridled nail-tailed wallaby is being reinstated (Full text)