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title: "Black-flanked Rock Wallaby"
description: "Petrogale lateralis — Zoogdieren. The black-flanked rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), also known as the black-footed rock-wallaby or warru, is a species of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-flanked-rock-wallaby
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Black-flanked Rock Wallaby

> Petrogale lateralis — Zoogdieren. The black-flanked rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), also known as the black-footed rock-wallaby or warru, is a species of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale.

- Scientific name: *Petrogale lateralis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1165
- Wikidata: [Q209111](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209111)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42921](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42921)

## Names

- en: Black-flanked Rock Wallaby
- de: Schwarzpfoten-Felskänguru
- es: Ualabí de las Rocas de Flancos Negros
- fr: Petrogale d'Australie occidentale
- pl: Skalniak czarnostopy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1127)

## Summary

The black-flanked rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis), also known as the black-footed rock-wallaby or warru, is a species of wallaby, one of several rock-wallabies in the genus Petrogale. A shy, nocturnal herbivore, its two main subspecies are found in mostly isolated populations across western and southern Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory and parts of South Australia (SA). With some subspecies showing a decline in populations in recent years, the whole species is classed as an endangered species under the Commonwealth EPBC Act.

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

## Photo

![Black-flanked Rock Wallaby](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-flanked-rock-wallaby/medium.jpg)

Photo: wilmotsenaratne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/373175650

## Machine access

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