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title: "Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby"
description: "Petrogale xanthopus — Mammals. The yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus), formerly known as the ring-tailed rock-wallaby, is a member of the macropod family (the marsupial family that includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, and wallaroos)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby

> Petrogale xanthopus — Mammals. The yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus), formerly known as the ring-tailed rock-wallaby, is a member of the macropod family (the marsupial family that includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, and wallaroos).

- Scientific name: *Petrogale xanthopus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 784
- Wikidata: [Q209497](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209497)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42931](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42931)

## Names

- en: Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
- de: Gelbfuß-Felskänguru
- es: Walabí de las rocas de patas amarillas
- fr: Pétrogale à pied jaune
- nl: Geelvoetkangoeroe
- pl: Skalniak żółtonogi

## Countries with the most observations

AU (664)

## Summary

The yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus), formerly known as the ring-tailed rock-wallaby, is a member of the macropod family (the marsupial family that includes the kangaroos, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, and wallaroos).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-footed_rock-wallaby

## Photo

![Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192450821

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-footed-rock-wallaby?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).