The island is a nature reserve and only accessible by boat. Visitors cannot stay on the island but can make a day visit. Open fires and pets are not permitted.
Access is from Denham, km from Carnarvon and km from Geraldton. Commercial flights operate to Shark Bay and airfare and accommodation packages are available. The Banded Hare-wallaby is the sole member of its genus and is thought to be the sole surviving species of the Sthenuridae which numbered 20 species in the Pleistocene.
The taxonomic position is debated and it remains in the Macropodidae in recent accounts. Like the Rufous Hare-wallaby to which it is very distantly related, females are larger than males as females reach 3 kg but males only 2. The overall colouration is dark grizzled grey-brown on the back with distinctive dark and light bands on the rump crossed by a dark back stripe.
The fur is thick and soft and is a complex of underfur, coarse hair and long isolated guard hairs. The hair on the face, ears and fore-limbs is short and grizzled grey. The abdomen is a mix of grey and white and the arms and legs have a reddish tinge. The tail is covered in short yellow-grey hair but there are long black hairs on the tip.
Wildlife Research 28 , Its distinguishing feature are the dark, horizontal stripes of fur that start at the middle of its back all the way down to the base of the tail. A female will usually only rear one joey for the season. Major threats are the usual list of suspects: loss and destruction of habitat, competition for food and predators foxes and feral cats.
ThreatenedThursday: Banded Hare-wallaby. Prev Next. Breeding can occur at any time throughout the year, but peaks in late summer. Embryonic diapause has been recorded in this species. This means that, soon after giving birth, the female mates again, and the resultant embroyo stays dormant whil e the pouch is occupied. In the wild, lifespan is approximately six years. Banded Hare-wallabies once occurred across southern Australia from western Victoria to south-west Western Australia.
The last record from mainland Australia was in , and today t he only naturally occurring populations are on Bernier and Dorre Islands, Shark Bay, Western Australia. Mt Gibson Wildlife Sanctuary protects a large area of diverse habitat in the south of Western Australia.
As the site The Bilby is an iconic Australian marsupial, instantly recognisable by its long pointed snout, long ears, soft grey fur and The Numbat is unique among Australian mammals. It is a highly specialised, termite eating marsupial.
AWC protects Numbat populations within The Bridled Nailtail Wallaby was believed to be extinct for much of the 20th century, until the chance discovery of a surviving population in AWC reintroduced a Home Wildlife Banded Hare-wallaby.
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