Allied rock-wallabies with joey (Petrogale assimilis) sun baking and grooming each other on Ross River Dam in Townsville, Queensland, Australia.


The allied rock-wallaby – Petrogale assimilis – is a species of rock-wallaby found in northeastern Queensland, features distinguish the allied rock-wallaby from its close relatives but each species lives in a different part of Queensland and northern New South Wales; where their ranges overlap slightly, there is some hybridisation. They all have upper parts that range from brown to grey, and paler underparts.


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Location: Townsville, North Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
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