Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma) Fact Sheet: Distribution & Habitat

• Endemic to Australia
• Current range - Great Dividing Range along east coast of New South Wales, from Gibraltar Range south to the Watagan Mountains
  • Hawkesbury-Nepean region
  • Hunter-Central Rivers region
  • Northern Rivers region
• Feral population - Kawau Island, New Zealand
• Historical range - apparently limited to New South Wales, formerly as far south as the Illawarra plain
• Other comments
  • Colonies tend to be localized
  • Factors contributing to restricted distribution
    • Present primarily in high-rainfall areas
    • Competitive exclusion by black-striped wallaby Macropus dorsalis may be a factor

• Preferred habitat - wet sclerophyll forest with dense, shrubby understory, in association with grassy areas
  • In Gibraltar Range - found in dry sclerophyll forests close to swampy areas
  • Occasionally, also edges of (disturbed) rainforests (Wilson and Mittermeier 2015)
• Frequently seen - in disturbed forests, including former eucalypt plantations and logged areas
• Feeding areas - grasslands, grassy woodlands, heathlands, and sedge swamps bordering dense forests
• Elevation range - up to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

The Parma wallaby is found in forests of southeast Australia (New South Wales), from Sydney north to Gold Coast.

Adapted from www.d-maps.com according to IUCN fact sheet. Click here or on map for detailed distribution (IUCN).

Lunney & McKenzie (2008)
Maynes (1977b)
Maynes (2008)
OEH (2012)
Vernes & Cooper (2007)