Yellow-footed rock wallaby
- Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus
- Yellow-footed rock wallabies weigh between 6 to 20 pounds and have light brown-grayish face and head, a dark brown streak starting on its back and a long, ringed tail.
- They are found on mountain tops and rocky ramparts leaping up to 4 yards from rock to rock in South Australia, Western New Wales & Southwestern Queensland. These acrobats are able to climb cliffs and tree trunks.
- Wallabies graze on grass, plants and shrubs. To help digest their food they have a complex stomach consisting of many compartments.
- One month after mating, a hairless and blind baby, about the size of a kidney bean, will find its way to its mother's pouch, where it will stay for up to 6 months.
- The Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby Reintroduction Project sponsored in part by the Palm Beach Zoo is gaining insight into how captive-bred rock wallabies adjust upon release to the wild.
Location at Palm Beach Zoo
- Near the contact yard and Burmese python.
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