short-eared rock wallaby
- Scientific Name
- Petrogale brachyotis
- Category
- Mammals
Nakka yahwurdurd nabarlek nawu. Djal namekke yahwurd kabene-kebrohrok. Ka-ngarlabakbala konda, ka-ngarlabak badbong. Ka-wanjbala. Kun-ngarlabak, kun-wanj. "Line" ka-karrme kure ku-nngarlabak. Ka-ngarlabakyirriyo kala kala. 'Hey nabarlek badbong badbong' ngarriyime. Dja nabarlek ka-djalwanjngurlme.
The nabarlek is small. Otherwise the short-eared rock wallaby and it have the same face. The short-eared rock wallaby has a white line running along its cheeks. It has a flat underarm area. The cheeks and underarm parts [are diagnostic]. It has a line running along its cheeks, a different colour and
we see it and say 'Hey that's a nabarlek and that's a short-eared rock wallaby.' The nabarlek has a dark underarm area.
A large short-eared rock wallaby is called badkurruyul.
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