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title: "Western Brush Wallaby"
description: "Notamacropus irma — Mammiferi. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/western-brush-wallaby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Western Brush Wallaby

> Notamacropus irma — Mammiferi. 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.

- Scientific name: *Notamacropus irma*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 254
- Wikidata: [Q112307733](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112307733)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1453435](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1453435)

## Names

- en: Western Brush Wallaby
- de: Westliches Irmawallaby
- es: Ualabí Listado Hirsuto Occidental
- fr: Wallaby de l'ouest

## Countries with the most observations

AU (221)

## Summary

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…

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

## Photo

![Western Brush Wallaby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-brush-wallaby/medium.jpg)

Photo: bitsandbugs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/341639898

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-brush-wallaby?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).