bridled nail-tail wallaby
onychogalea freanata latin

The bridled nail-tail wallaby can grow to one metre in length, half of which is tail, and weighs 4-8 kg.

The bridled nail-tail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata) is an endangered species of marsupial.

In 1973 a bridled nail-tail wallaby was sighted on a cattle property named 'Taunton' and reported by a fencing contractor.

Unlike the bridled nail-tail wallaby (O. fraenata), the northern nail-tail wallaby is not a threatened species.

The bridled nail-tail wallaby likes to avoid confrontation and has two main ways of avoiding threats - hiding in hollow logs and crawling under low shrubs.

In 1973, a population of Bridled nail-tail wallabies (Onychogalea fraenata) was found in the Dingo area by a fencing contractor.

The bridled nail-tail wallaby is of interest to marsupial researchers due to its immune system appearing to possess a hardier constitution than other species of marsupials.

At the time of European settlement, bridled nail-tail wallabies were common all along the East Australian coastline region to the west of the Great Dividing Range.

The Western Barred Bandicoot (Perameles bougainville fasciata) and Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby that once lived here are now presumed extinct in New South Wales.

Species Profile and Threats Database: Onychogalea fraenata - Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.

Taunton National Park is designated as a strictly scientific nature reserve due to its importance in ensuring the ongoing survival and protection of the endangered Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata).

General objectives of park management include ensuring the protection and preservation of the parks ecological and biological diversity and values, and ensuring the continued survival of the bridled nail-tail wallaby through provision of predator control and adequate habitat and food resources.

Two endangered mammals are found in the Brigalow Belt; the Bridled Nail-tail Wallaby in Taunton and Idalia National Parks, and the burrowing Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat in the grassland and eucalyptus of Epping Forest National Park.