rock wallaby

American  

noun

1. any wallaby of the genus Petrogale, having a banded or striped coat, slender body, and long legs and feet, inhabiting caves and rocky areas in Australia.

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Etymology

Origin of rock wallaby

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

Among the animals identified for protection are a bird known as the King Island scrubtit, the brush-tailed rock wallaby and the growling grass frog.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022

For the time he had forgotten the fifteen-foot leap of the rock wallaby that he had witnessed on the day after his escape from the circus.

From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh

They rode and rode, but Warrigal was gone like a rock wallaby.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf

The sorts used for carriage aprons, coat linings and the outside of motor coats include: blue kangaroo, bush kangaroo, bridled kangaroo, wallaroo, yellow kangaroo, rock wallaby, swamp wallaby and short-tailed wallaby.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

I saw two kangaroos and one rock wallaby, but they were too wild to allow me to approach near enough to get a shot at them.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest