The northern nail-tail wallaby is a small wallaby with a claw-like projection at the tip of its tail. It is nocturnal and lives in lightly wooded and grassy places near water in northern Australia.
Its coat is sandy colored, with a dark stripe along the center of the back toward the tail. A tuft of dark hairs and a nail-like projection mark the tail tip.
It tends to be solitary but may feed in groups of up to four. It is nocturnal, and the guide notes that little is known about its biology.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.