South East Arnhem Land plants and animals
Rok walabi
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SE Arnhem Land plants and animals)
South East Arnhem Land plants and animals
Rok walabi
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SE Arnhem Land plants and animals)
Language: Name
Kriol: Stoun keinggurru
Marra: Wambarrarda
Ritharrŋu/Wägilak: Gaṉḏawul’
Ngandi: A-garndawulh
Nunggubuyu: Ngarrgku
Ngalakgan: Jurndubolh
Alawa: Gurndalanyin (all); Wambarrarda Warn.gugu; Yirriwurn.gu Lurlbam (young male)
Rembarrnga: Garndawulh
Scientific: Petrogale brachyotis
English: Short-Eared Rock Wallaby
Lives in low rocky hills, cliffs and gorges. The Rangers often find them on the night cameras.
BURDAL TOTEM - Ask Burdal Elders for more cultural knowledge
Body size: 415-550mm; Tail length: 320-550mm
Varies in colour and size; short fur; underparts grey-brown to silver; legs brown; white-yellow patch from shoulder to thigh; yellow cheek patch, with darker area between eye and nose; dark midline from forehead to back; short ears; tail brown, becoming blackish and fluffy at the end.