The unadorned rock-wallaby (''Petrogale inornata'') is a member of a group of closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern

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, Australia. It is paler than most of its relatives and even plainer, hence its common name. The unadorned rock-wallaby is patchily distributed in coastal ranges from around Rockhampton to near

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. This range includes the small range of the Proserpine rock-wallaby (''P. persephone''), the only rock-wallaby in the region not closely related to its neighbours. Interbreeding threatens the latter species.

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John Gould's painting of ''Petrogale inornata''
Macropods Mammals of Queensland Marsupials of Australia Mammals described in 1842 {{Diprotodont-stub