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Species Onychogalea fraenata (Gould, 1841)

Bridled Nailtail Wallaby

  • Macropus fraenatus Gould, J. 1841. On five new species of kangaroo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1840: 92-94 [Apr. 1841; publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84] [92].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 41.1130 adult skin & skull, interior of NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

  • Onychogalea fraenata (Gould, 1841).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Now known only from Dawson River Valley, Qld.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Ecological Descriptors

Crepuscular, folivore, herbivore, nocturnal, tall shrubland, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

Extra Ecological Information

Usually solitary.

 

General References

Dawson, T.J., Tierney, P.J. & Ellis, B.A. 1992. The diet of the bridled nailtail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata). II. Overlap in dietary niche breadth and plant preferences with the black-striped wallaby (Macropus dorsalis) and domestic cattle. Wildlife Research 19: 79-87

Dawson, T.J. & Ellis, B.A. 1994. Did dietary competition play a role in the extinction of small macropodids in western New South Wales with the coming of European settlement. pp. 75-80 in Lunney, D., Hand, S., Reed, P. & Butcher, D. (eds). Future of the fauna of western New South Wales. Mosman : Royal Zoological Society of NSW 245 pp.

Ellis, B.A., Tierney, P.J. & Dawson, T.J. 1992. The diet of the bridled nailtail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata). I. Site and seasonal influences and dietary overlap with the black-striped wallaby (Macropus dorsalis) and domestic cattle. Wildlife Research 19: 65-78

Evans, M. 1996. Home ranges and movement schedules of sympatric bridled nailtail and black striped wallabies. Wildlife Research 23: 547-556

Evans M. & Gordon, G. 1995. Bridled Nailtail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata. pp. 356-358 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Fisher, D.O. & Lara, M.C. 1999. Effects of body size and home range on access to mates and paternity in male bridled nailtail wallabies. Animal Behaviour 58: 121-130

Gordon, G. & Lawrie, B.C. 1980. The rediscovery of the bridled nailtail wallaby (Onychogalea fraenata (Gould)) in Queensland. Australian Wildlife Research 7: 339-345

Horsup, A. & Evans, M. 1993. Predation by feral cats, Felis catus, on an endangered marsupial, the bridled nailtail wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata. Australian Mammalogy 16: 83-84

Jarman, P.J. 1994. The eating of seedheads by species of Macropodidae. Australian Mammalogy 17: 51-63

Johnson, P.M. 1997. Reproduction in the bridled nailtail wallaby, Onychogalea fraenata Gould (Marsupialia: Macropodidae), in captivity. Wildlife Research 24: 411-416

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

Maxwell, S., Burbidge, A.A. & Morris, K. 1996. The 1996 Action Plan for Australian Marsupials and Monotremes. Canberra : Wildlife Australia 234 pp.

McCallum, H., Timmers, P. & Hoyle, S. 1995. Modelling the impact of predation on reintroductions of bridled nailtail wallabies. Wildlife Research 22: 163-171

Pople, A.R., Lowry, J., Lundie-Jenkins, G., Clancy, T.F., McCallum, H.I., Sigg, D., Hoolihan, D. & Hamilton, S. 2001. Demography of the bridled nailtail wallabies translocated to the edge of their former range from captive and wild stock. Biological Conservation 102: 285-299

Wilson, S. 1985. Captive colony of bridled nailtail wallabies (Onychogalea fraenata). Thylacinus, Journal of the Australian Society of Zookeepers 10: 14

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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12-Feb-2010 (import)