| Parma wallaby | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Diprotodontia |
| Family: | Macropodidae |
| Genus: | Notamacropus |
| Species: | N. parma
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| Binomial name | |
| Notamacropus parma (Waterhouse, 1845)
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| Parma wallaby range | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Macropus parma Waterhouse, 1845 | |
The parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma)[2] is a small marsupial macropod mammal native to forests and densely-vegetated areas of northeastern New South Wales, Australia, close to the border with Queensland. There is also an introduced population found in and around Rodney District, just north of Auckland, New Zealand. About the size of a stout cat, it lives mainly under thick plant cover, and is only active at night when it emerges to feed on grasses and small plants. It is the smallest of the wallabies (short, kangaroo-like marsupial mammals of the genus Notamacropus) and carries its young in a pouch, as with other marsupials. Shy and elusive, it was believed extinct until its rediscovery in the 1960s.
Parma wallabies are threatened by habitat loss, and, in addition to native predators (such as birds of prey, monitor lizards, and snakes), they are easily preyed upon by dingoes and non-native feral cats and red foxes.[1]
- ^ a b c Lunney, D.; McKenzie, N. (2019). "Notamacropus parma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12627A21953067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T12627A21953067.en. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Notamacropus parma". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. 1.5. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 23 September 2021.