Biology:Unadorned rock-wallaby

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Short description: Species of marsupial

Unadorned rock-wallaby[1]
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Diprotodontia
Family: Macropodidae
Genus: Petrogale
Species:
P. inornata
Binomial name
Petrogale inornata
Gould, 1842
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Unadorned rock-wallaby range

The unadorned rock-wallaby (Petrogale inornata) is a member of a group of closely related rock-wallabies found in northeastern Queensland, 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 Townsville. 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.[3]

References

  1. Groves, C.P. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M.. eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp. 
  2. Burnett, S.; Martin, R. (2016). "Petrogale inornata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T41516A21954751. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T41516A21954751.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41516/21954751. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  3. Menkhorst, Peter (2001). A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia. Oxford University Press. pp. 130. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q209179 entry